THE BEND BULLETIN
and CENTRAL OREGON PRESS
Robsrt W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Phil F. Brocan, Associate Editor
Mitmber, Audit Bureau of Circulator.
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4 The Bend Bulletin, Monday. November 28. 1955
That "Awesome Cataclysm"
A prediction by a Mexican scientist that Friday,
November 25. 1955, would mark the start of "five years
of awsome cataclysms everywhere" got off to a stumbling,
not a rumbling start.
He predicted that five years of terror would begin
with the devastation of San Francisco.
But ho made the mistake of pin-pointing the catas
trophe, in time and in place. Others through the years
have made similar predictions, but aside from a few who
set the exact date for the end of the world, they allowed
some leeway.
Years age there was widely circulated in America an
nlrminni' wh iih not onlv nrovided longrange weather
forecasts, but set dates for earthquakes.
Interestingly, that almanac maker's earthquake fore
casts were based on the same method used by the Mexican
. scientist who set November 25 as the date for the destruc
tion of San Francisco.
' The scientist, Dr. Jose Marino Ponton, professor at
the National University in Mexico, based his San Fran
cisco temblor prediction on the "study of the position of
the sun, the moon, the planets and the different groups
of stars."
But the earthquake prognosticator of yesteryear set
;nelthcr date nor place for his tremors. His method pro
vided plenty of leeway inu.smuch as the restless earth
trembles daily, and in many places.
Only a few of the thousands of tremors that rattle
the earth yearly come to the attention of the public. These
are the ones that strike populous areas.
If Dr. Ponton had predicted that the San Francisco
area would suffer a major earthquake within the next
five years he would have been on firmer ground.
Geologists know that tension is rapidly building up
on the San Andreas fault, along which a major slip in
1906 resulted in great damage and devastating fires in
San Fraijeisco.
Studies have revealed that slippage along the north
south trending fault is at the rate of about two inches a
year.
The 1906 quake was not the only important one known
to have occurred on the San Andreas fault. There were
big ones in 1938 and 1865. Thus there was a lapse of 27
and 41 years between the first three record quakes.
Dr. Ponton believes the next temblor in San Francis
co will surpass the intensity of the 1906 quake, which
claimed 700 lives.
But the scientist missed his guess in pin-pointing the
time and the place. San Francisco remains standing.
And the sun, moon and planets continue on their as
signed courses.
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SEARCH MADE
DENVILLE, N.J. (UPI Police
searched today for a man wno for
tified himself with a couple of
drinks and then walked into the
Morristown Trust Co., icenttfied
himself as a payroll messenger
and asked for $ 2.900 payroll.
The teller, Mrs. Olga Stevens,
said the bandit, whose breath
smelled of liquor, was gone before
she looked at the slips of paper he
had handed her. One read "10U
J2.900. Thank You."
An average-sized banana, when
sliced or diced, will fill a cup or,
if mashed, it will make about half
a cup of pulp.
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Dates Mixed
The editorial writer of the Grants Pass Courier, who
misses no opportunity to take a crack at Senator Wayne
Morse, said in discussing the Senator the other day that
the editorial writer's vote had been east aKainst Morse
in both the primary and general elections in 1948.
Wo can't find what office Morse was seeking in 1048.
He was already Senator, having been elected in 1941, and
was not up for re-election until 1950.
Did we miss a whole election?
Edson In Washington
Farm Surplus Puzzle Eyed
Advice: Youth To Man
jo our n&sk, from the note book of an Oregon scien
tist who was nationally known for his specialized work
when he died recently, comes a reflective document.
It was tho scientists "younger advice to his older
self." Ho was a college youth, with World War I service
still ahead, when he pencilled the advice. Ho was 69 when
he died.
The advice was prefaced by a notation :
"Head thou when advanced in years. This is a young
man's viewpoint. It is extremely real to him."
The. young man's advice of yesteryear to his older
self follows, in part:
"Keep culm 100 times more can be done with others
when we aro not mad. When we lose self control, tho other
fellow has the advantage.
"Don't brand every new thought or custom worked
out by the younger generation as wrong. Remember how
you were opposed in thought and deed by older people.
"Remember that the oltter you get the more fixed in
views you will become and the more unreasonable to deal
with. Try to keep your mind open to new views.
"Also remember that one who develops into a critic
doesn't usually realize he is making himself disagreeable.
"Don't let yourchildren boss you be kind, but firm
with them..
"Don't forbid your children to play 'shinny' just be
cause you are afraid they might 'get their knees skinned.
"Remember that everyone looks at things through
his own prejudices.
"Don't get in the bad habit of talking while the one
you are conversing with is still talking. Remember to
listen, whether you are interested or not,
"Don't get in the habit of making excuses about
yourself all the time it is annoying to others."
There is evidence that through the years the scien
tist occasionally referred to the advice of his younger self.
And there is plenty of proof that the advice played
a role in shaping the character of a great and kindlv man.
Jle was the late
of Oregon astronomer.
Dr. J. Hugh Truett, University
Quotable Quotes
American farm surpluses are like money in the bank.
Agriculture Secretary Ezra Tafv Benson.
By I'KTKK K!SON
NBA Wuhhiiigtoii 0rr'MiiiuV..t
WASHINGTON (NEAt A drive
o sweep thi? U.S. government s
storciue warehouses clean of its
seven-billion dollar holdings in sur
plus farm products is heading lor
the next Congress,
The idea behind this proposal Is
that these surpluses now overhang
the market and depress current
farm prices. What's considered
even worse, tne nutfe surpluses
make high price- support levels un-i
Kipular.
It the surpluses could he liqui
dated, it is argued that scarcities
would he created and prices would
iro up. Then, at hieh support lev-
Is, farmers could heui unlimited
over production and start building
ip another surplus. Thai s Ihe vi
eious circle surrounding this sur
plus liquidation proposal.
Tho Senate Agriculture Commit
tee under Chairman Allen J. Kl-
lender )D-I,a) now touring the
country, has actually heard pro
posals t that the surpluses he
dumped in the ocean. This shock
ing suggestion came from former
Utah slntc Sen. Ilyrum Gibbons
ind from Idaho cattleman Ivan
Tierce.
No political leader has yet dared,
go that lar. What they fear is an
other reaction like former Secre
tary of Agricultue Henry A. Wal
lace got from his depression relief
plan for killing off the surplus pigs
io raise hog prices.
The actual dest ruct ion of food
and fiver when there aro millions!
of underfed and poorly clothed peo
ple in the world would cause great
revulsion. It would let Communist
propagandists jwint out how the
sellish capitalists destroyed food
and let people starve, just to keep
prices hign.
What has to be found, as both
.Stfcivtary of Agriculture Kan Taft
Benson and his predecessor. Sen.
Clinton Anderson (i.)-NM) point
out, is some way tc market thr:-e
surpluses.
They ear.'t ln given away indis
criminately without breaking farm
with this problem, hasn't been ade
quate. It provided for sale of sur
ter, give-away for disaster relief,
:e, give-away for disaster relief,
school lunch programs and the
like.
About 1.5 billion dollars of these
ur pluses have been disposed of in
the last two years. But 7.-1 billion
lollnrs worth ot surpluses remain
8.5 billion dollars owsed outright
iiid 1.6 billion dollars held by Com
modity Credit Corporation as se
curity against crop loan advances
to farmers.
The surplus consists ot 2.7 billion
dollars worth of wheat, 1.6 billion
dollars worlh of cotton and its
products, 1.4 billion dollars corn
VX million dollars tobacco. 3K4
million dollars rice and small feed
bruins.1 :tt( million dollars dairy
products, 99 million dollars wool
and 250 million dollars other prod
ucts like honey and tung oil.
How much the U.S. taxpayers
would stand to lose if these wen
lumped is uncertain. It the United
Slates had to pay transportation
charges for moving the surpluses!
the bottom of the ocean, tin
loss would be more tnan seven
billion.
So far, products which cost CC
IGil million dollars have been sold
at world market prices for 3114 'mil
lion dollars. The loss, 105 mil Hon
lollnrs or '22 per cent. If the U.S.
seven - billion - dollar surplus could
br disposed of at that discount,
the loss would be around 1.5 bil
lion dollars.
From tne politician's standpoint,
this would be a cheap price to pay
for farm vote support next elec
tion day.
The rationalization for getting
rid of U.S. surpluses at cut price;
is that this is what was done with
surplus arms, ammunition and d.'
fense plaats at the end of the war.
"H it's all right to sell guns at 10
cents on the dollar, why isn't
also all right to do it with butter
ask fa nn lobbyists.
This is said to be the price wnich
Ihe public must pay to get abund-
p; mucnon ana to keep agn
markets over the world. Kvrn thelculivne prosperous and happy.
side at cut prices can ruin tor
farmers
The agricultural trade
ment net of 1933, inlvnilt
Moan elevation of
Ameriran wntincnt is
Africa's is 1900 feet.
FAULTY ZIPPER
LONDON (UP) Pretty barmaid
Mara HaJliday might have, been a
heroine today except lor a faulty
zipper on her blue jeans.
The 19-year-old blonde was work
ing in a London pub Sunday when
she saw four thieves fleeing with
a cash bag they had snatched from 1
officers of the pub's loan club. She;
dashed after the robbers and was
about to grab one by the coat-j
tails whe she felt a draft and
noticed that passersby were ogling1
her. j
She looked down to see her jeans;
slither in the direction of heri
shoes. By the time Mara restored,
the jeans to their proper position!
the thieves had fled in a getaway
car. i
Antarctica has the highest mean
elevation of the world's seven con
tinents: 6000 feet.
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