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Newspaper Page Textwww, . R,V44r1 i WEATHER" r FORECAST ULLETIN H High yesterday, 60 degrees. Low lat nlht, 'it drgre. Sun-s-t today, 6:03. Kiinrls tomor row, 5:53. Fulr tliniUKh Friday with front tonight; tilKh todny IBM; low loniiilu 27-35; high Friday 65-70. CENTRAL OREGON'S DAILY NEWSPAPER T .BEND 52nd Year Two Sections City Commission Decides To Increase Water Rates; Vote on Bond Issue Called Water rates for liters served! by the Bend city water syslt-n will go Uj ut least 15 per cent effertive Dec. 1, 1955, the -jUy commission derided at Ms regu lar meeting Wednesday night, By a unanimous vote of the six members of the commission pre ent, residential mid meter rite? were increased 15 per cent. Im nation rales weiv raised 40 pel rem. A the same time, the commit sion ordered the city alturn.y I he city munager and the supr intendent of the water deparimen: to start the legal formalities nec essary to put a $305,01)0, 20-year bojui issue before the voters. Before End of Year Indications were that the bon Ksue would be put up as soon as possible, probably, before 'he end of the year. Repuyment of !he issue would be through water revenues, and no increase laves would be necessary. The two actions came after over an hour of discussion on the city's present and future water problem, and the presentation of two alternate proposals by City Manager Walter T. Thompson The package approved by the members of the commission would complete the installation of a dou ble pipe line from the city's Tumalo Creek intake, adding eight miles of line to the present line, at a cost of approximately one- thirc of a million dollars. In addition, the plan calls for the addition of nearly $125,000 in distribution improvements, new mains for the most part, within the city. Voters also will be asked to rescind the proposed fiioi Butte reservoir, and to allow the city to use the earmarked fund.' for the new project. Other Improvements Thumnson and water , supertn tenutnt Percy Drost indicated (he other Improvements planned would do away with ihe necessity for the additional reservoir. The proposed improvements would nearly double the capacity of the present city system, they noter,, and would result in a pressure increase on the east side of the- city. The present system is able to rieiiver only about million gai- Higher Fees By Cemetery Are Approved Members of Bend's city com mission took a look at the fi nancial statement of the city owned Pilot Butte cemetery for the vear to date last night, then raised the rales for burial charges and perpetual care arrangements at the cemetey. Upon motion by Commissioner Hap Taylor, members of the city's novel ning body voted to raise pome fees, and standardize oth ers, at the cemetery. Under the new fee schedule, permanent maintenance, on a per-space basis, will cost $60. Previously it had cost $50 for the first space and $30 for each additional space purchased by the sime family. The old $15 grave opening fee which had been charged through niucii of the cemetery was re placed by a $30 fee. In certain designated areas, where extensive rock work is required, the fee will be $60, replacing a sliding schedule of fees ranging from $-1.00 to $55.56. An extra, charge of $10 will be nifiile for opening graves on Sat urdays, Sundays or holidays. The commission took its action aft r City Manager Thompson had explained that cemetery income for the year to date was under $2,000, and that nearly $7,000 of city tax funds had been spe.it already this year for cemetery maintenance and improvements. Commissioners were assured by . Thompson that the rnt?s com p-m.iI favorably with rates charged by other cemeteries id the area. Shevlin Records 15 Degree Mark It warmed up a bit Inst night in Shevlin, Oregon's coldest porting snot so far this season. Earlier in the week. C. M. Olson who keens the weMher records a Shevlin, mvrrted a low of 10 above I.ast nieht's low at the logging town, south of La Pine, was 15 above. The weather was also n bit mild er in Bend last night, with a low of 73 rfprrc$ rv no rtcd compared with 20 the previous night. tons per day. they said. Follow ing the proposed improvement program, the capacity of the sys tem would be 11.1 million gallon.-; per day. Much of the discussion abou the issue indicated that members A the commission considered .-aising the rates, even higher than he figures finally adopted on n notion by Commissioner W. M j Loy. Objections to this theoiy wvnr Hist- by Commissioner Ted Sex ton. "Just because we have enjoy jd low water rates in Bend doesn't mean we have to raise them more than is absolutely necessary Let s keep the rates as low as wsslble." Other members of the commis sion indicated their discussions of further increases had been prompted by realization that the city in the future would need to purchase more Tumalo Creek wa ter rights if continued expansion f the system is to be possibl. Commission comment indicated some members still feel installa tion of water meters throughout the city will be necessary in the futuie. Commissioner Verne Larson pointed out that if the city o5 tnined enough water it would be able to sell water to surrounding uburban residents who are uiv ablo to obtain city water through mains at present. At present the city's basic wa ter rate for users who are on the flat, non - metered plan, is $2.4d per month, with a $.15 dis count for prompt payment. Under the new schedule, tne rates probably will go to S2.S5, with a discount for payment w;ln- in ten days. Miles Laboratory Officials Here Pacific Coast executives and salesmen of the Miles Laboratory arrived at noon today by United Air Liner from the south for a three-day conference in Bend. There will be some 35 persons ;n the group here for the three- lay meeting, with executives from Ihe home office at Elkhart, Ind., rmong those present. The program will be conducted -,t tne Pilot Butte Inn, with Wade Advertising Agency representa tives among those present. Friday morning, the group will kin in a buckaroo breakfast at the Rim Rock Riders' grounds just north of Bend, and later in the day women in the party will join a visit to the Petersen rock gardens and to the Metolius river, for luncheon at the House on the Metolius. Two years ago the Miles gmup met at Santa Barbara, Calif. Ev ery other year the annual coher ence is held at Elkhart. To Speak Tonight Episcopalians are reminded of a meeting to be held at Trinity Episcopal church tonight at 7:30. The Rt. Rev. Bravid W. Harris D.D. will be the speaker. After the service there will be an in formal social time In the parish hall with refreshments to be served. Bishop Harris was one of three missionary bishops selected to ad dress the Anglican Congress, which met in Minneapolis last year. New Company Target in Protest Too Many The question of how many com panies can collect garbage in Bend. hot issue before the city com mission several months ago, came to life for a period Wednesday night end then died for at least three months. The issue came up when George Baker and Hariand Hafter, oper ators of two of Bend's three gar bage companies, appeared before the commission to request that It not renew the license of the third company. No representative of the third company was on hand. The battle raged for well over half an hour toward the end nf the commission meeting with ac nisations. charges and counter charges being aired freely. It ended abruptly when Mayor Hans Slagsvold asked Mrs. Julin S. Johnson, citv twwder. wher the license of the third company exnlred. She informed the commission Summer Cutback On Water Use To End Monday Bend's emergency Irrigation re strict ions, effective since Juno 12 will be voided for, the season stalling Monday, W. T. Thomp son, city manager, has announced Under the restrictions, all irri gation was banned between Hie houi-s of 1 and 5 p.m. daily. Beginning Monday. . irrigation roles will be those effective at the start of the season, with irrigation to be permitted from 5 a.m. 9 p.m., on alternate days. Persons with even house numbers irrigare on even days and those with odd house numbers on odd da vs. Officers Named By Filter Center Advisory Group The citizens' advisory council recently named by Mayor Hans Magsvold to work with the local air defense filter staff completed formal organization ut a meeting here last night. Robei't W. Sawyer was, named chairman of the 12-member group, with Dr. Robert L. Bristol ttie choice for vice-chairman. Mrs. Phil F. Brogan was named secre tary and Russell Kiel treasurei A constitution and by-laws drawn up by Jesse L. Yardley re ceived approval, the first Thurs day in each month was set as the meeting date and plans for cooperation with the filler staff, were outlined. Pnmary function of the group will be' to 'work with the filter center civilian administration in maintaining a full civilian staft at the center which serves prac tically all of Oregon east of the Cascades and one county in Wash ing.cn. Even before formal organiza tion, the 12-member group named by the mayor launched a move 'o obtain additional volunteers for- filter center work. Letters were sent to many local groups, ask ing for volunteers, to be truined for filter center work. The plea for volunteers, it wn made known at last night s or ganization meeting in the court house, is already meeting with a fine response. Members of the advisory group will serve for one, two and three year terms. The allocation o.! terms follows: One year: Dr. Bristol, Jack Dempsey, Mrs. Walter E. Emard and Ralph Moore. Two years: Mrs. Brogan, Ra Forrest. Miss Maren Gribskov i.l Mike Salo. Three years, William E. Chan dler, Russell Kiel, Mrs. Otis S. Lammers and Robert W. Sawyer. Forum Program Due on Friday Central Oregon uranium and oil prospects will be discussed at the September Bend Chamber of Com-1 merce forum tomorrow with Hoi- lis M. Dole, Portland, director of the state department of geology and mineral industries to bo thei speaker. ! The buffet luncheon will be fn! the Pilot Butte Inn's convention room with Phil F. Brogan of the chamber presiding. The luncheon will be open to all interested in the mineral resources of the in terior country. Dole will report on the Lake-! view uranium find and review ex ploratory work now under way by Standard and other oil companies in Central Oregon. Garbage Firms Here? that the third operator. Fred Car ter, had come into city offices Wednesday afternoon and paid his license fee for the fourth quarter of 1955, extending his li eease previously issued until Doc. 31. 1955. Commissioners agreed that no'h ing could be done about the situ ation until the end of the year and promised to give the matter further study. The fight 'got under way wh"n Hafter first askd the commission not to renew the license of the Busy Bee zuvhnw comimnv. Hi proposal was seconded by BnkT. Both men complained the gar bage business in the city was "be rtt dis"mted" the new compet ition. They said since they hid snlit the city into two operating ireas a few years ago at the suggestion of the then city man irer the earbagv business, while not a bed of rotfi by any means, i Bend, Deschutes County, Oregon. Thursdoy, September Kidnap Dulles Offers Security Plan To Russians UNITED NATIONS. N.Y. (UP) Secretary of State John Foster Dulles today offered Russia an "overall plan of European secur ity" in exchange for Ihe reunifica tion of Germany. In a major policy speech to the U.N. General Assembly, Dulles suid inter national cooperation could make the next 10 years "the healing decade of true peace" if the "new spirit" achieved at Gen eva is earned out. Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov, who will address the as sembly tomorrow, joined in the rolling round of applause from 1000 delegates as Dulles concluded a 40-minute American foreign poli cy l-eview. The German people." Dulles said, "have now been forcibly di vided for over 10 years. The per petuation of this division is a crime against nature." For the most part, Dulles' ad dress was a mildly worded review of international developments and contained virtually no invective against the Soviet Union. The Secretary of State urged adoption of President Eisenhower s 'open skies" arms inspection plan as a beginning toward a compre hensive, scientific system of in spection and disarmament. He noted that all Big Four Dow el's were committed to support Austria for U. N. membership and called for admission of "most" of 20 other waiting applicants, with out specifying any by name. . Ue appealed for 'favomble A. spnse" from Israel and the ArsfU countries to tils proposal to guar antee the Palestine front lei's and saulted the Organization of Amer ican States for its action in help ing solve crises in Guatemala, Costa Rica and the Ecuador-Peru boundary dispute. He supported the move for a U. N. charter review conference, and noted that the veto power should be reconsidered in relation to membership. He said develop-; ments in atomic and disarmament questions might make It desirable; to give the world organization1 greater authority in these fields.! Jaycees Assist With UF Drive Junior Chamber of Commerce members in Bend arc among local groups assisting in the 1955 United Fund campaign. One of the activities is partici pation in radio programs in be half of agencies and organizations included in the UF campaign now under way here. Eight members of the Jaycees have volunteered to make tape re cordings for KBND broadcasts. The Jaycee radio speakers and the groups they represent follow: Dr. Mel Amsberry American Cancer Society; Jack Corlwtt, Boy Scouts; Warren Sutliff, Arthritis Rheumatism: Pat Metke. Ameri can Red Cross: Vern Hartford, Camp Fire Girls; Dr. Walter Ford, Oregon Heart Fund; Harry Pierce, Oregon Chest and Carl Wyatt, Salvation Army. had been much simpler. i They said it wns impossible to i maintain collection schedules and still have to make sales stops. Sales stops were not necessary be fore the third company appeared on the scene four months ago they said. ' "What you want then is a mono-l poly and you're asking the city commission to maintain it for' you . ' ' Corn m issioner W. M . I y stated. Baker said he did not desire a monopoly but that h" and Hafter did object to the "disruptive" corn petition. "Bend has too many garbage cornn-ini1 now," he said. Commission members promised to st Kiy the ga rba ge collect ion situation during the next thre months and try to arrive at some satisfactory solution to the whole problem. Note Seen as ft Search Goes On For Two Women PORTLAND (UP) Search for nrf women found ;rwo m i s a i n porUo whose abandoned car on Larch mountain east of here intensified today after the base of. a cliff revealed no signs of any heavy body falling over the 500-: foot bluff. It had been believed that Mrs. A I vera E. Ferguson, 53, and Mrs. Bernice N. Sharkey, 73, might have fallen over the cliff on the north east slope of the mountain. Blood hounds worked by Norman Wilson of Dallas picked up a strong scent from the automobile yesterday which led to the top of a view point and ended. Searchers found some broken brush near the top of the cliff, leading them to believe the women might have fnllen over. But sher iff's deputies searched the base of the bluff today and said this possi bility seemed slight. The two women were last seen Sunday when they left for a drive in Mrs. Ferguson's automobile, Three -more units of the sheriff s reserve joined the seurch todny along with regular memlers of the sheriff's office and 15 volunteers. Wilson said the scent which ended at the lookout point Is the only one his bloodhounds had dis covered. College Offering Over 40 Courses Forty college credit courses and six vocational and terminal courses are being offered at Central Ore gon College in Bend this fall Don P. Pence, director, has announced. He said a few courses need addi tional students. One of the courses offered this fall, "Clothing Construction and Selection" will deal with "prin ciples of selection nnd construction npplied in constructing garments; beauty, health and economy in dress: and g'd taste", prnre said. Some of the techniques of the "Bishop" method of sewing will be taught in this class. The class time is 7:25 on Tuesday nnd Thur sday. Pence said additional students are needed in the class in welding and lapidary. Ford Showing Starts Friday Fords for will go on dis- nlftv aeroHs the nation and in R"nd ,(,int nightly, since the ndwnl of, Friday, with a new model to bei',tl W(..,thT. and he feared that ,i shown at the (Vntral Oregon i(.avy frost, expected at this time Motors, 920 Bond, local Ford re-hf year, would p"ntrle th" wrnp-l presentative. On"s nnd ruin Ihe crop About 10 Staff members renort advnnec , inp tomitoes wre large size,! interest in the new Fords is hlph. nimlnr red. The rest were smal'-' and said that many new rhnneesj will be in evidence In the cars. ! "Better performance has noen the objective In style changes". Iestor to Rend three yenrs aeo from Sil 1 "Whereas the Citv of Rend Is Houk, Central Oregon Motors oper- vrtoi. Ftnniean, a retired Wrld, located In the heart of one of Oro itor. said. jWr I veteran. wn advised tojon'i most popular hunting are.u. Many new safety features are erk a high, (hy climate for hisind included in the models. health. 'Whereas the objectives of fad 22, 1955 THEY HEAD OSACA Presiding over the 43rd annual con vention of the Oregon State Association of County Assessors now under way here are, from left, John L Graham, Newport, vice-preiident; Leslie M. Ross, Bend, president, and Edwin E. Goodrich, Prlneville, secretary-treasurer. At left, Loren L Stew art, chairman of the house taxation committee, principal speak er at the morning session today. (Bend Bulletin Photos). Assessors Meeting in Bend Hear Talk by Rep. Stewart Oregon's legislature will con tinue to strive for correct assess ments as the true value 1o equal izatlon, Loren L. Stewart, repre sentative in the state legislature from Lane county and chairman of the house taxation committee, told assessors here today. Stewart, an ex-Bend resident and now of Cottage Grove, was speak er as the Oregon State Association of Oregon Assessors opened its sec ond day of convention business. All conferences, to last until Friday afternoon, are being held In the Deschutes county circuit court room, with Leslie M. Ross, PSACA PreaidenL in charge. Ly?:!: hats piridod b by' Prlneville lumbermen, the asses sors, their wives and visitors will join In a barbecue this evening. at 6:30 o'clock, at the Powell Butte Community Christian church, with Rev. D. L. Penhol low as host. Women Take Trip This morning, women here for, the convention headed around the Century drive by Trailways bus, driving to Elk lake over the Cuseadc Lakes highway. They will have dinner this afternoon at the Fall River lodge. I More than 100 persons are here for the three-day meeting, with all 36 Oregon counties represent ed by assessors or their deputies. Also here are representatives of utilities, municipalities and pri vate business. General Grocery Plant Here Sold To Hudson House Effective on Oct. 1 Hudson House will absorb Bend's General Grocery plant, at 1210 Wall street, with the entire stock of General included in the purchase made ny Robert A. Hudson. However, the large building owned by General Grocery Is no included in the sale. William B. rteam has been local manager ot General Grocery since it was ei t ihi shed here In 19.'i9. William II Ehnnan, Portland, is owner of the building. Similar mergers by General Grocery with various firms has been reported from various parts of the state. .... After Oct.' 1, all General Croc ery accounts in the region will be serviced by I Tudson I louse, of which Elnar Selfors is mnnai The wholesale house is at Ml?1 Wall. 747 Tomatoes Yielded by Plant William Flanican. hobby gard. n t who lives at 3.'i6 E. Norton ave 'tie. decided that today was the day to l.rtiv.-;t his tomato rrop Krorr. a single plant mat he set out In curly summer, the take u,i 141 tomatoes. I F.nnitfAn has been roverintr the - r inltahle for "green torn a V - r; pes Mr. and Mm. Flnnirnn moved Fourteen Pages Possible Hoax Oregon tax commission mem-bei-s are on the program, with Ted DeLooze, assistant attorney general, one of the speakers this morning, on a program monitored by Samuel Stewart of the state tax commission's valuation divi sion. "Most people do not mind pay ing taxes providing they know their neighbors are paying an equal amount," Loren Stewart told the group that packed the court room to capacity as the convention program got under! way tills morning. lllnory Traced Stewart traced the history of Oregon taxation, touched' on the reorganization In 1929 and noted changes that "express the legisla ture's conviction that the property tax must be effectively adminis tered to be a good tax." The only way to achieve equali zation, Stewart, spokesman for the stnte legislature, said, "is to have original assessments correct." He added: "In other words people don't mind paying taxes if they pay equally." Steps taken by The last legisla ture to insure correct assess-1 ments wore reviewed. The assessor, Stewart said, now has an opportunity to raise sta ture of his office by administer ing law efficiently. He said that strengthening of the property tax Is an important factor in strength ening local government. Correction Due I "Inequalities due to Improper administration will be corrected by taking steps to Insure efficient administration," Stewart told the group, in touching on action hy the last legislature and the ap pointment of a large Interim com mittee on taxation. The association, complying with a requirement of H.B. 45, nanvd a. five man committee yesterday, to work on taxation matters, Mem bers of this committee are Merle Griffin, Josephine county; Leslie M. Ross, Bend; John Koopman, Malheur, Vern Larson, Tillamook and Glenn Horn, Jefferson. This afternoon's session was to Include a report by the trnilpr- house committee headed by Glenn P. Horn; and a talk by Walter T. Thompson, Bend city manager, Thompson Is president of the Ore gon Finance Officers' association, SOLUTION M!K CONCORD, Calif. (UP) Arthur Harrison, who lives In a tract nf small houses without dining rooms, finally figured out how to feed his six children all at once. Harrison said he would buy two adjoining tract houses ami build a dining room between them. Mayor Slagsvold Proclaims Tomorrow as Hind's Mayor Hans Slagsvold to day proclaimed tomorrow, Friday. Sept. n, an Red Hat Day in Bend, "in the interest of g'Kwl conserva tion end good sportsmanship." Sidgsvold noted that Red II.it !)t was being celebrated through out the state. His pnx-lamal.on saiM. "Whereas, Red Hat Day is being bs"rved throughout the Slate of Oregon on Friday. Sent. X In an effort to promote safety and good snort umanshlp during the coming ' huntmg sen son; nnd j No. 245 Police Check On New Clues In $. F. Case SAN FRANCISCO (UP) A ran dom note demanding $5000 from the parents of the abducted five-day-old Robert Marcus was re ceived today but the writer failed to show up when the father went to the designated rendezvous point. In unother late development, a woman answering the geneial description of the person believed to have kidnaped the Marcus baby was seen attempting to steal dia pers from a closeline early this morning. A letter addressed lo Dr. San- ford Marcus threatening death' to his kidnaped child was turned up at the main post office at Oak land, Calif., late yesterday. A post al worker held out the special de livery letter because It was lack-. ng three cents postage. He no tici'd it was addressed to Marcus and immediately notified author!- ' ties. Possible Hoax Marcus complied with the writ er's request to meet at an Oakland street corner at 8 a.m. today but after 1H hours wait no one showed up and the distraught father re turned to San Francisco. Police said the letter might have been a "cruel and inhumane" hoax but they were continuing to investigate it. The note, neatly printed in pencil on cheap, lined tablet paper, said: "Dr. Marcus: "We have your baby boy. Don't worry he Is In fine health and li belg taken good care of. We want 500U in 5, 10 and 20 denomina tion!, and the bills .are ,to be .un marked. "Put the money at the corner o' 38th Ave. and San Juan In Oakland nt the northwest corner under Uie wooden plank. Below is a diagram. Violence Threatened "Have the money there by 8 a.m. Thursday. If you inform any aw enforcement agency your son will be done away with. Also, If I'm picked up by the police while picking up the ransom my partner will do away with your son, as we have set a deadline for my ar rival back. "After we receive ransom under the above conditions we will leavo your baby In some Oakland church with instructions attached as ti where to return him. Good luck. 'The Kidnaper'." The woman who attempted to steal diapers answered the descrlp Ion of the kidnaper. 'Mi s. Sue- Eager, IS, said she eaught the woman about 8 am. trmg to take diapers from he. clothesline at San Jose, Calif., south of here. The woman, described as he ivy et, about 40 years old and with blenched hair, ran away before Mrs. Fager could summon police. Authorities Immediately launched m extensive house to house search for the woman. Asked For Milk Mrs. Fager's home is only five blocks from the house of Mrs. Henrletle Guerrero who repo-ted a woman carrying a crying baby called at her home early Tuesday ind asked her to heat a bottle of milk. imtVEKS FINED Ronald L. Deed, Bend, was fined J15 for Inadequate brakes by Jus lice of the Peace O, W. Grubb Monday. William E. Tangor, Port land, wns assessed $14.50 for fail ing to stop at the junction of high ways 97 and 20. Tanger wns carry ing a load of dynamite at the time. Kenneth E. Staples, Bend, was fined $1M 50 for driving while un der the influence of alcohol. 'Red Hat Day1 Hat Day are sound and will meer with the approval of all thinking citiens; "Therefore I. Hans Slagsvold. M iyor of the City of Bend, do pro lain Friday. Sept. Xi, as Rid II it Day in Bend, and do urge all hose interested in good sport s nanship nnd Ihe wise conservation of our natural resources to observe Red Hut Day by singing the Red Hit pledge nnd wearing Red Hals during the day." Ret Hat pledges arf availib!e l many locations in Central Ore on The ip;ner pledges to main tain high standards of safety and good sportsmanship during the bunting season.