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THE BEND BULLETIN
and CKNTKAL ORKCON FKK89
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Phil F. BroKiin, AHKOciate Editor
Member, Audit Bureau of Circulators
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Oreson under Ai t o . 1IT at tit Foit Otflea at Bend.
An Independent Newspaper
The Bend Bulletin, Saturday, December 3, 1955
Probable Leader of the Parade" Nextjfeo"
Lifting Clouds Over Peaks
A plan has been BUKgested for the "boosting" of
surplus western Oregon rain over the Cascades to the
iemi-arid lands of eastern Oregon.
It is not the proposal of a scatterbrain. Already mak
ing a study of the plan are three weather scientists, Fred
Pecker, Eussell Lincoln and John Day of Oregon State
College.
Zl Such an experiment is already under way in New
rjlampshire, in the Mount Washington region. The study
calls for overseeding of clouds to limit precipitation.
ZZ The scientists propose to carry out the Oregon ex
ZTpcriment by providing so many tiny ice crystals in high
jclouds that none would grow to rain-producing clouds.
X".These crystals would be introduced by dry ice scattered
from planes, or by chemicals from ground generators.
' Through overseeding, the clouds which normally drop
most of their rains west of the Cascades would be lifted
Over the hump.
At present, the scientists point out, coastal areas
get too much rain 150 inches a year in some places to
Bend's 13 inches. Much of the coastal precipitation falls
in the winter, and flows back into the sea.
The proposed Oregon test of boosting rain laden
clouds over the Coast range and the Cascades would take
place !n the area between the Nestucca and Yaquina
rivers, in the winter months.
It is believed the area is uleal for the tests proposed.
The scientists who propose the cloud-lifting 'plan are
well acquainted with Oregon weather. Also, they made
the evaluation studies of cloud seeding to increase rain
fall in Gilliam, Sherman and Morrow counties.
Not explained is the procedure of "milking" the rain
bearing clouds lifted over the mountains through over
seeding on the coast.
Presumably the overseeding will be .dispersed in the
clouds as they roll over the Cascades and billow out over
the rangelands east of the Cascades.
Then drenching rains will soak the interior country,
with deep snow piling up the sunrise slope of the Cas
cades. Fantastic but most interesting.
Long ago, clouds fresh from the ocean did drop their
moisture in eastern Oregon, eausingVainbelt forests, such
as redwoods, to grow on Oregon's present high desert
and northeast across Mitchell to the John Day river.
Then came the elevation of the Cascades and the
building of their great volcanic superstructures. The re
Suit waH that Oregon cast of the Cascades was placed in
a rain shadow.
Titanic earth forces folded old marine formations in
to the Coast llange and elevated Uuv ancestral and present
P.,M.,o '
Now puny man proposes to lift clouds over those
mountains.
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Fog Shrouds Eastern Pari Of Country
By L'MTKIl I'KKSS
A vast blanket of fog shrouded
most of the nation's eastern half
today and a snow storm .swiiLM
in the West.
The fog started in Kansas, East
ern Nebraska, and Minnesota and
stretched eastward across t ;i o
Great Lakes, the Ohio Valley and
dong the Kastern Seatoard from
New England to Florida.
Snow and sleet had slicked mu?Ii
of the area earlier and the com
bination of murky, wintry weal her
sent the traffic accident rale
climbing.
Meanwhile, a major snow sto'm
predicted for the nation's mill-
lands failed to develop. The weath
er bureau had issued heavy snow
warnings for a six-slate area, bill
1 forecasts of up to six finches of
i snow wrri? impr ri'vwcn pnwr-
wards. f - ' .
Heavy Western Miiwftill
There was si ill plenty of new
D!xon-Yafes Hassle
Now the tfovornmunt ban said it will not refund the
money spent by the Dixon-Yates combine in building
n power plant under a disputed contract. First it defended
the contract as just and proper, which many thought it
was, but now it reverses itself and says it was not. The
whole tiling may still turn out to be a millstone around
the administration's neck in the political battles of next
year.
snow to the west, however. Land-!
rs, Wyo., reported nine inches in
a labour period and there was four
seven inches in the Central
Rockies and WcsterA Nebraska.
The widespread fog caused com
plaints of gas fumes at Chicago
and trapped a burglar at San An
tonio, Tex.
Scores of persons called the Chi
cago Fire Department and gas
company headquarters to com
plain of gas fumes overlaying ho
city. Weather bureau experts final
ly came up with the explanation
that the fumes were the product
of a heavy concentration of smoke
and smog.
At San Antonio, the fog was so
thick it slicked the roof of Deputy
Sheriff George Huntress' home.
burglar-trying to break into Hunt
ress' house slipped off the root
and broke his arm. Huntress heard
him groaning nnn arrested him.
To the east, there was up to six
inches of snow in some Northern
Pennsylvania counties, and at
Asheville, N.C., a prison truck
skidded on any icy highway, in
juring 10 men.
Snow and sleet was blamed for
a four-car crash which killed two
persons at Chicago. Near New
Haven, Ind., Thomas Hartley, 28,
Wells ton, Ohio, was killed in a
three-truck crash on slippery U.S.
30, and an Indianapolis woman
died of injuries when she fell on
a snow-covered sidewalk.
The stepped-up accident rate fol
lowed a disappointing Safe Driving
Day observance across the nation
Thursday. A final United Press
tally showed 69 persons died, ex-
' nelly tho same number as on a
Thursday two weeks earlier when
no attempt was made to hold down
the traffic toll.
letters Received!
By Sec. Benson
WASHINGTON lUn Amlcel
turul Secn-lnry fra L. Ucn.m
has nvt-lvwi '.VIM Intern m lit
appeal lor mlviee from "nwy
ono - on Hw farm pnuuem.
only nirw at the Icltora URKtiid
lw lYMflTI,
Krtirsl C. Belts Jr., an .lsint
to Benson, sakt most f the letier-i
expivssrd deep concern over Hie
(arm situation. But many of them
were "out iul out'' crank Idlers,
ho said.
Vcnson nplx-nled for "advice
and suKKi-siions'- on the political
ly important farm issue in an ad
divss Nov. 3 to the National
(iraniw meeting in Cleveland. lie
promised- every writer a personal
reply.
Belts said Benson already has
acknowledged receipt of about Sflu
of the letters. The others will he
acknowledRed as soon as time
permits, he said.
Most of the letters were from
individuals but a sprinkling came
from farm groups. Some as were
anonymous. About a half dozen
were from members of Congress.
Others were rom farmers, busi
nessmen, housewives and teachers.
Not all of them were serious.
One suggested that wheat-laden
ships in the mothball fleet steam
out to sea, dump their cargc?s.
and then be used to transport ;
high school students to all parts;
of the world to improve tneir
culture. ' I
One writer said he was "be
wildered, confused, and my nriid
is full of doubts.
An Oregonian suggested farm-:
ers be allowed to pay their in
come tax in surplus farm pro
ducts, I
Another advised Benson, "It is1
time you took your suitcase and
got out of farming."
A Kenluckian said, "We will
vote the Eisenhower brothers out
of oflice," apparently referring to
President Eisenhower's brother,
Milton, one of the administration s
chief farm advisers. '
A New York City correspondent
described himself , as an "old-
line, America first, Tart-McCarthy
nationalistic, laissez-faire, conser
vative Republican." He praised
Benson.
Leaders Told In Film Poll
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (UP)
Lenders In balloting for the the
atergoers favorite screen players
and movies have been named In
prelude to announcing the actual
winners of the first annuul
Audience Awards election next
Tuesday.
The five lenders in the "best
male actor" division were the late
James Dean, Marlon Brando,
Henry Fronda, Glenn Ford and
William Holden.
The quintet or leaders In the
"best female performance" cate
gory were June Alryson, Doris
Day, Judy Garland, Jennifer
Jones and Grace Kelly.
Films ravored for the best pic
ture award were "Battle Cry.
"Blackboard Jungle." "Love Is A
Many Splendored Thing," "A Man
Called Peter" and "Mr. Roberts.
Gold "Audie" statuettes will be
presented to the winners ntot
Tuesday in four -categories and
for the best pictures.
The other two classification
leaders were: Most promising new
male personality Harry Bela
fonte, Tab Hunter, Jack Lemmon,
Jack Palance and' Fess Parker;'
most promising new female per.
sonality Joan Collins, Peggy Lee,
Dorothy Malone, Terry Moore and
Kim Novak.
The cocona, a tropical fruit found
in the Amazon valley, has berries
the size of applies growing in
clusters.
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MISKKU ONE
t nc iNCPi J'S ftlPl Oil wild
catter Olen McCarthy apparently
could find oil just about anywh-jre
except his own back yard.
Hotelman Conrad N. Hilton an
nounced today that a successful
well has been- completed on the
property of the Shamrock Hilton
Hotel, at Houston. Tex., which was
once owned by McCarthy.
The Earth's Thick Skin
A hole, 21,703 foot deep, at the last check, has been
drilled into the earth in Louisiana.
It is the deepest hole ever bored into this old world
on which we live. Already it is 221 feet deeper than tho
previous record set in California.
The Louisiana hole is being sunk in a quest for oil.
The bit is now eating into formations deposited some 30
million years ago. . .
Oregon's deepest bore reached a depth of 0.263 feet.
It was drilled in Washington county by Texaco, in an
unsuccessful probe for oil or gas.
With the possible exception of Standard's "no dope"
exploratory well on Hampton liutte, the deepest hole sunk
in Oregon east of (he Cascades reached (i,('.!)2 feet. That
was in Malheur county. It also was unsuccessful.
Drillers sinking the Louisiana well, already more
than l'ur miles deep, have encountered temperatures of
310 (legrees Fahrenheit. That is about hot enough to
bake a cake.
A total of 110 drilling bit.s have been used already in
the Louisiana test.
Four miles into earth is a staggering distance, when
rock must be gnawed away, inch by inch, or around 31
feet a day.
Vet that Louisiana boh- has barelv penetrated tho
earth's thick skin.
Quotable Quotes
1 hope ( President) Eisenhower realizes the danger
of delaying his announcement. I certainly wouldn't want
the conservatives (in the GOP) to get into the position
of being able to name the nominee. Charles Tal't, bro
ther of the late Sen. Robert Tal't.
This country is changing from a society based on
work to one based primarily on (lie utilization of leisure
lime. John Fulton, vice president American .Music
Conference.
She (liarbara liutton) hasn't given me a present
yet but I'm hopeful. p,ron Gottfried Von Cramm
following his marriage to the dimj-tstore heiress.
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Jr. Chamber of Commerce
"Upon the youth of our nation falls the re- : ,.
sponsibility of making tomorrow a better .'
day!" Spurred by this ideal and convinced
that America's leaders-to-be are today's
young business men, the Junior Chamber of :
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group of up-and-coming executives does more
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community development always alert to every
opportunity to do something constructive and
beneficial for Our Town, these far-visioned
young men of the Junior Chamber of Com
merce are tlie keystone of our future and
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