THE BEND BULLETIN
and CENTRAL OttKOON PRESS
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Phil F. Brogtui, Awocinte Eilllor
Member, Andlt Bureau of Circulation!)
Eaton Am Second CImm Matter. JaauMry f. 117 at Utf Port Oltk- Ml Bnd.
OraiM under Art ut Mttrrn 3. U79.
An Independent Newspaper
The Bend Bulletin, Tuesday, January 17. 1956
Story Of A Post Office
'The name of a frontier community on the upper
Deschutes river of Oregon hung in the balance just 70
years ago.
It was in 1885 thai. John Sisemore of the Farewell
Bend ranch made application to the U. S. Post Office de
partment for a mail office that would serve the range
land' community of tho Deschutes basin, just east of the
snowy Sisters.
lit was only natural that the pioneer should suggest
Farewell Bend as the name for the office.
:But postal officials some 3,000 miles distant felt that
the panic was too long for an unimportant office in the
little-known country not far from the headwaters of the
Deschutes.
The postal department instructed that the new of
fice.be known as Bend, not Farewell Bend.
'.The Bend post office was opened on January 18,
188?, i" the Sisemore cabin on the east bank of the Des
chutes, with Sisemore as the postmaster. That cabin was
in the Brooks-Scanlon mill area of the present.
Most of the work in the little post office was handled
by Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bogue, in the employ of Sisemore
from 1885 to 1890.
IThe Bond post office had many ups and downs. For
some reason it was discontinued on May 1, 1889, and re
established again in December of that same year. It was
again discontinued on January 21, 1893, and the area
was-without postal service until April 18, 1899, when it
resmned operation.
:Along in 1902, W. H. Slaats platted a lownsite un
der the name of Deschutes. Of course, the newly platted
town, stopping place for rangemen, had to have a post
office. On December 30, 1902, Staats was successful in
getting the office away from Sisemore. Its name was
changed to Deschutes.
It was on March 7, 1901, that the present Bend post
offico was established, with A. II. Grant as the first post
master. The first post office was in a cubby-hole building,
just south of the old Pilot Butte Inn.
That pioneer post office was a frame structure, about
as big as a telephone booth of the present.
From then until June 30, 190G, there wore two post
offices within a mile of each other, on tho east bank of
the Deschutes in the area where the hamlet of Bond was
taking shape.
Again the name for that hamlet humr in a delicate
balance. Would the town be known as "Deschutes" or
"Bend."
But finally the Deschutes wist office hnil
boca'use of a lack of business.' And on the postal map of
niieiiLu h new post, on ice, una city, took" shape.
Jt was Bend, then in Crook county, Oregon.
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Letters To The Editor
. n. It has loror been known
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It would help this taxpayer and waier " """"
water user in making up his mind
about the proposed bond issue for
water purposes if the city author
ities would be more explicit in
their explanation of the Tumalo I
creek situation. While the city, it
is stated, has a right to 11.24 scc-l
ond feet of Tumalo water the fact
Is, of course, that the present
available supply of 8 second feet
comes from a Tumalo tributary.
Bridge creek (formerly known as.
South Fork!
May wc be told (1) whether the
3.21 second feet that the city owns
is available in Bridue creek and
(2) if not what tributary is to be
drawn on.
is not usable.
Bend. Oregon,
Jan. 16, 1956
Editor's note: At the suggestion
of Mr. Sawyer, his letter was
shiwn to citv officers prior to
t.nhlieaiion. The reply o. W.
Drost, city water superintendent,
follows:
Answering Mr. Sawyer's ques-
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Robert W. Sawyer
matition regarding the source of City
of Bend Water Supply:
The present source is Bridge
Creek or sometimes called South
fork of Tumalo Creek. The 3.24
second feet of water will be trans
ferred from city owned farms to
Tumalo creek and point of diver
sion will be the present dam on
Bridge Creek.
"Minimum How at Bridge Creek
in 1S65 was 16.6 second feet,
which was the lowest flow since
August. 1929" i
Washington Notebook:
Johnson Not Much for Parties
By DOI til.AS I.AKSKN'
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NBA Stall OiiTt'Nxiiuli ills
WASHINGTON INK A I Pop
ular Senate Maj ority Leader Lyn
don Johnston IU-Texl always whs
u hard customer lor ambitious
hostesses to produce al parties.
But now he'll be about as utiavail-
uole as Ike.
The schedule he has set for him
self lo avoid repetition of the heart
attack he suffered during trie last
session eliminates practically
Daily ;;oing. U s doctors
Ed, Kennedy's Story
lican clients, loo.
She spends some lime ill Holly
wood where she is making a
movie. Hostesses love her as a
ijui'st. She s pleasant, friendly and
will sing for a crowd wnencver
they ask her.
One of the most carefully guard
ed "lists" in town contains
names of the tl most
Washington bachelors.
they're young attorneys,
T1IKY MKT
TOVKRT, Mich. (UP) llalnh
and Cecil Mason, who are broth
ers, were on the wa to visit each
other when their cars collided at
a slippery intersection.
To the Editor:
The Oiegonian of Jan. 16th car-
ried a reprint of an article frjm
the Bend Bulletin headed "Morse
Suggestion."
Your article credits Morse .with
the suggestion that the waste heat
al Hanford be used for a power
plant.
This has been advocated numer
ous times by The Orcgonian and,
finding that this suggestion was re
ceiving very favorable comment
throughout Oregon, Morse finally
climbed on the band wagon and
adopted this suggestion as his own
and is trying to make political
capital out of it.
The principle of utilization of
waste of any kind is one that Re
publicans have always supported
and. I trust, always, will.
I am only sorry that your arti
cle didn't give credit, where cre
dit was really due, to The Orc
gonian. .
Very Truly yours,
A. E. Kinman
Portland, Oregon v
Jan. 16, 1956
Lake Michigan is the only one
of the live Great Lakes
within the United States.
ICK RKOKKN
UPPER SMKLTANIA. Mich
'(UPiThe ice was broken today
for Upper Smeltanians.
Telephone service has been in
stalled for tho first time al this
wholly northern Michigan village ot ice
fishing shanties.
LOOK
FOR A LETTER
FROM
the
eligible
Mostly
dictors.
all I officers or sons ot diplomats and
orders, government officials. I lie list has
ir.. t.l,.a n tvn.lmuv n:m SUCh (filia. as III'.' nci.U oi u"
liter lunch each day, st:iys otl
. NEW YORK One of the members of our 27-man
study group here is Edward Kennedy, assistant editor
and: publisher of the Peninsula-Herald of Monterey, Cali
fori)ia. Now the name Edward Kennedy probably doesn't
mean much to many readers of newspapers.
!To newspapermen active in the business 10 years or
longer, however, it brings back a real memory.
Jlf you have a long memory, you'll remember that it
wiif hd Kennedy, then of the Associated Press, who broke! They
thojitory of the ond of the European War in lO b").
! Kennedy was one of the top wire service correspond
ents during tho war. He had a long and honorable career
wilfi the AP, and in early 1015 was the head of AP cover
ugt'on tho Western Front in Europe.
; When Germany surrendered, Ed Kennedy, along
with a number of other newsnicn, had tho story. The re
lease was held up by tho U. S. Army, although its own
radio stations were broadcasting it all over WesU'rn Eu
rope. So, Ed Kennedy broke the story, and a great outcry
arose to the skies.
I Some competing correspondents claimed he had bro
ken! a pledge. Others felt he was justified.
'. The loudest screams camp from some of the largo
paTors represented on tho AP's board of dirWtois. Their
editors were unhappy because they had to tine Kennedy's
story, instead of stories by reporters from their own
newspapers, who also had been on the scene.
'. Ed Kennedy came back lo this country, and Ihe then
heads of the AP told him to take a vacation, until they
learned what the members of the AP felt about the mat
tor.: ' He vacationed, anil vacationed, and vacjit iuneil. One
daj his paycheck stopped coming, although Hie heads of
the AP still had not announced a derision.
No decision has been announced as yet, although
eleven years have lapsed. And there is ample evidence
thai the new beads of the big news-gathering agency
still are embarrassed about the whole tiling. Most Ameri
can; newsmen feel their predecessors did wrong with Ed
Kennedy's back-door dismissal.
The members of the group here have had a chance
to go over tho whole thing once again, and a number of
us have questioned Kennedy about it, over the dinner table
and during "bull sessions."
; All of us think Kennedy was in tho right, and the
AP in the wrong. The organization should have been able
to roach a decision by now.
Personally, of course, Kennedy is far better off than
if he had remained with the AP. We'll wager his income
is higher, and he works on an excellent paper its ex
cellence due in no small part to his efforts in a very
pleasant place to live.
I As far as Kennedy is concerned, ho is not bitter about
any of tho whole affair. But he does deserve some sort of
filial uuswer.
the Senale floor as much as k.v
sLiile and gets out of Ins office
and home by six each nitflit.
They're still taking about Now
Year's I-:ve:
"You'll never guess what hap
pened to me," says a starry-eyed
Capitol Hill secretary. "When mid-
ght struck I was kissed by vice
President Nixon."
Tue VP's buss was strictly legit.
by tile way. She was a Republi
can, an old friend, and Pat was
right there.
men. their il:uiein'. uniiiiy anu
wln-tlier llie.v can spoil lull dress
clothes at a moment's notice. They
have to have a tuxedo lo got on
the list.
II has been onipiled and is kept
up to date by Mary Price, a top
social secretary in town. She ollcn
gives frantic hoslcsscs in need of
men names from the list. But she
refuses to let it out of her office
and keeps it in a strong safe.
EN OVER 40
Excellent opportunity! Large Western Financial
Institution needs men.
Must be established and well acquainted in vi
cinity of BEND.
NO INVESTMENT NO EXPENSE!
Ride with me and share in my earnings,
qualifications in first letter.
Write Box 114, The Bend Bulletin.
Give
,)o:m. tho br:ml nt'w ilauRhtcr ot
IJooth M"nupy of tho Scrmtp Demo
cratic Policy Committee is wearing
I her (luitH'is in I 10 1ih',isI of style.
hi lil on tiy Inure, steniiK',
silver safety in on wliirh h
niime in nnynivc;!.
Thry'v; the -rft of "nr tfotlfnthi'
Miij. On. Sidney Jah:isi;i of t ic
T.'xtts National (jinnl. Hoth is n'
Texan, to'.
Other nur'it t the French cin-
"hnssy C'oinnierc.al Attache .Jeun
Bossoii. holMmtr a hrnntiy lass
al-fl. was extolling lb;? virtue of
emmae. clainiiiw il w-is one drink
Amerieau flM"ipe ej-i-wvrs could no
luplicate.
Ilmvev. r, an American there
pointed out that the U. S. Dept.
-f Ar.cult:ir- brwk in IWs help
etl saw lit. Kveneh mi;n;tc iiifiu
try. Seeing th;it a Krench biu.
: phylloxera, suddenly d -vp'opetl
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