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I THE BEND BULLETIN
J Uld CENTRAL OREOON PRESS
Robert W. Chandler. Editor and Publisher
Phil F. Brogail, Associate Editor
Member, Audit Bureau of Circulator
Botend M SMttod CUM MnUor. Juiuwri Slurrli . WW.
- Onto, untlw Act or L HIJ at U Port OIIK at Bmd.
i An Independent Newspaper
4 r The Bend Bulletin, Wednesday, Dec. 21. 1955
S7en Night, Or Fatal Night?
?. Christmas, the season of lov and family reunions, is
no Tlime for tragedy yet tragedy frequently strikes on
this; holiday.
II Few parts of the Pacific northwest have reason to
recall.thia more graphically than Central Oregon, for the
state's worst tragedy occurred in this part of the state
on A Christmas eve long ago.
r The story of that tragedy has been told many times.
It occured at Silver Lake, on Christmas eve, 1894. Forty-
thrge persons died, or were fatally burned, when fire
swept through an upstairs hall in which a Christmas
party was being held. '
iA hanging kerosene lamp toppled to the floor in a
flaming mass by a spectator who stood on a bench to get
a better view of the stage, was the cause of that fire.
, A weathered memorial stone in Silver Lake cemetery
seryes to recall for the present generation that tragedy of
long ago.
? Through the years there have been other tragedies
in ihis part of the state tragedies not as appalling as
that of Christmas eve in 1894, but still terrible.
There have been car wrecks on highways that have
claimed lives of people bound for family reunions. Christ
mas presents strewn over the road after bodies were
removed served as grim reminders of happiness suddenly
turned into mourning.
v Last year, in a 54-hour period from the night before
Christmas until midnight Christmas, 515 persons died
in accidents in America. Most of those died on highways.
- And many of those who never arrived at their des
tinations were headed for family reunions, with presents
that were to be heaped around a Yule tree.
' There are many reasons for the heavy death toll
seasonably charged against a holiday set aside as a time
of Joy, of happiness and goodwill.
T. Possibly the gay spirit of the holidays is an im
portant factor. Then there is the matter of heavy traffic,
iced highways and long hours of darkness. Put all these
together and we have all the ingredients of multiple trag
edies. ' Seasonally the warning goes through the nation : He
careful Don't be carried away by the Christmas spirit,
or you may not live to enjoy it again.
It is well to remember that Christmas is not only a
sildnt night for more than 500 persons each year in
Aitierica it is a fatal night.
War of Nerves
4 s
Letters
To the Editor:
- This is the season to come to
the coast to miss all that cold
weather we have been reading
about. We have had quite a num
ber of beautifully sunny days dur
ing tie last week, and many of us
have spent all the time we could
spare wandering along the
beaches some hunting agates,
some searching the drift, and
some just enjoying a day on tbe
open beach in tie sunshine.
The fishing has been steady and
fairly productive. The sea has
been too rough for casting, but
3t eel head and a few silvers are
being taken from the rivers.
For the next several months
Aate hunting will be good. The
storms have opened up numerous
beds. Right now the best places
are Squaw CYeek, Bob Creek and
the Kelp Beds.
Elizabeth Swan,
Yachats
Ch a m be r of Comm erce
Yacuats, Oregon
December 19, 1955.
Bend's Yesterdays
Fifty Year Ago
From The Bulletin, Dec 21, 1903.
There is a great amount of work
being done by sneak thieves in
this vicinity and some of the home
steaders are threatening dire ven
geance. Numerous cabins have
been found broken into, in the ab
sence of their owners.
Mr. and Mrs. W. J. McGillvray
and four children arrived here last
week from Alberta, Canada.
Postmaster Grant has announced
that rhe Bend post office will be
closed all day Christmas except
for one hour after the arrival of
the evening mail.
II. C. Ellis, Bend, superintendent
of tbe Deschutes Telephone Co.,
went over the line from Bend to
Prineville this past week and put
it in condition for the winter.
The city council met Monday
and passed a resolution setting the
tax for city purposes at 13 mills
on the dollar of taxable property.
Hugh OTuuie fought to keep the
levy at 12 mills, but was outvoted.
On Dec. 20 last year, at the very
crest of the ditch camp boom and
the p re-Christmas mailing rush,
$11. 75 worth of stamps were can
celled at the Bend post office. That
was a record day. This year, on
the same date, the cancellations
amounted to $11.39. This indicates
that business is healthy now a
year ago it was having a raging
fever.
KAMKD EDITOR
Spwlal to The Bulletin ,
MADRAS Howard Hill is, jour
nalism instructor at Madras
Union High school, has been
named regional editor of Student
and Publisher, a monthly maga
zine serving eight western states.
The appoinlment was made by
Howard M. Brier, magazine editor.
School Adopts
Safe-Teen Plan
MADRAS The Madras Union
Hih school student council, has
adopted the Safe-Teen crusade.
student leaders report. Any student
with a driver's license is eligible
to join the program.
Purposes of tie crusade are to
improve teenage driving habits
and publicize the fact that most
teenagers are good drivers,
Charles Brooks, senior chairman,
explained.
Acting committee members in
clude Marilyn Macy, Bill Davis.
and Joe Dobbcls.
At Last At
Stover - LeBlanc
Our Men's
SLIPPERS
Finally Arrived!
All Style.
2.95 to 5.95
"a b. Orant s
;fj Sage
Lesson In "Tee-Manners"
.
Many govern nient departments, city, county, slate
and federal, have been putting considerable emphasis
on "tele manners" in (lie year that is now ending.
This is proper, for, notes the Civil Service Assembly,
much of tho business of government, down even to the
city level, is done by.telephone.
A lesson stressed is never to let the person on the
other end wait and wait while you dig up the information
sought. Hotter let him go back to his regular duties. Then
call him later.
There are also a number of other lessons being
passed on to those who work for the public. Expressed
negatively, some of them are contained in the following
"don'ts" :
Don't yell into the telephone.
Don't eat a dessert or put on lipstick or chew a pen
cil or clench a cigar while talking on the telephone.
Don't pick up the receiver, then try to think of the
number you want to call.
Don't unhook the 'phone to stop its ringing, then
leave it unanswered.
Don't be affected. It may come as a shock, but people
won t think thev are beinir buzzzerl hv the Ilnko of Wind.
sor. 8
And here is a bit of seemingly contradictory advice:
Don't be too helpful. This may slow down business. It is
proper to give information about what date taxes are
due this year, but why go into an unwanted discourse as
to the reasons for a change in date?
This lesson in "tele-manners" might prove bene
ficial to a lot of us. I
Bmshings
I li.ive done considerable
search on liie subject, because oi
you, and I quote from the ency
clopedia:
FOREFATHERS' DAY. the day
celebrated as the anniversary of
the landing of the Pilgrims; first
commemorated in 17W. Owing to a'
mistake in the change of Old Styl
(U December to New it was
made 22 instead of 21 December."
I trust that this clears uu tho
1 matter, and tbnt you will go on
.happy in the Ivli f that the Pil
grims did, indeed, 'make same, sort
of a landing. I'm glad they did,
because otherwise,' the Daughters
of tho American Revolution would
have even more trouble than ustml
in earning their Alices tor Stripes.
Why don't you forget the whole
thing and celebrate the first thy
of winter? That's tomorrow.
P.S. The Pilgrims lauded in
1G20.
"Don't get eo:ifuserl." said tlv
Old Square when he turned in the
following lyrical effort:
It's amusing lo go twosing
In the twilight with you.
Musing on Hie day gone by.
Welcoming the night so nih.
Just patrolling, idly strolling
On the hillside through Hie dew.
It's amusing to go twosing
In the twilight with you.
"You" is a bull pup. the OKI
$
Some columnists turn out a lo; New England.
of copy by answering, in the public
press, their personal mail. This if.
very clever device, the origin
of which I have not been able to
trace, Sometimes, it is safe to as
sume, a columnist is faced win
the necessity of writing not only
the answers, but the questions. I
would say that this is not exactly
-xiek-'t, but it sort of gives the
illusion of audience participation.
It goes something like this:
Vo;ir Madame: ,
You don't mind if 1 call you
linndnine, do you? 1 am one ot
your nvid Inns, and J hang on
evei-y word you write. In fact, my
husband says that you're apt to
hang on some of them yourself.
Com in' Thr u the Rye, indeed!
What troubles me at thr moment i
is (his: Why do the historians keep'
ehanging the dales of events, as
time goes by?
Disturbed
Dear Disturbed:
Of course you may call me
madame. And may 1 call you a
ernzy mix d-up kid?
This little habit of the historians
bothers me, too. if -you want to j
know the truNi. For instance, ac-
ronting lo the Old KaVmer's Al-j
manic, today i I ccem tier 21 , is j
Fori 'fiit hers Day. Presumably, it1
is Ihe anniversary of the day (he;
Pilgrim; stepped out on Plyniouih
R'M'k. The Roek is still there, so
I ' m sure t he st i r v is t rue. Yu
can see it yourself if -you visit Square said.
:ash i
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The Nordenskiold Race
A veteran Uend Skier. Kmil Nordccn, who years ago
starred seasonally in the Fort Klamiith-f rater Lake ski
races, recently translated tor The ISullclin a news story J
from a Swedish paper which should be of interest to f
skiing Skyliners.
The article told of the Nordenskiold, the greatest ski S
race ever run in Sweden, in 1 SS-1. The course was between j
two towns in northern Sw eden, 70 miles apart, or around
trip of 1 10 miles for the race.
Kighty ski runners registered for that memorable
race. Only two of the 50 were under ".( years of age. The f
oldest was 51. Snow conditions were bad, and the time K
was not the best.
1 .lira Tuorda, .'17, was the winner, and he covered
the gruelling course in '22 hours and 12J minutes. I'crlj
Olof I.anta. 10, was second, and he finished just five S
seconds behind Tuorda. In third place was Apnuit Amler- 6
son, JS.'I. lie went on a bear hunt the following dav. and J
drowned. ' jjf
If was the 18S-I race that awakened interest in skiini' S
as a sport. Down through the years the sport has gained-it
in popularity, not only in Sweden, but in America. iff
The Nordenskiold ski race has become an annual S
event in Sweden, but it is over n shorter route, ,"." miles. S
And. we have a hunch, taking part in the shortened
rate are younger men. if
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