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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1956)
i Univ. of Oregon Library ORSQOM Bend 57Redmor.d .... 80 Madras' . .'. . . . 65:Cascdde ..... 54Sisfers Cuivef . . ... . . 880SC 69iGregon 84 76 Albany ...... 55,Lalceview 57Burns ........ 50 Prinevllle . . . . 48iMaupin . 44iMoro .......51 Stanford 59 Idaho THE BEND BULLETIN WEATHER High yesterday, 43 degrees. Low last night, 29 degrees. Sun set today, 5:00. Sunrise tomor row, 1:3. - FORECAST Cloudy today with oeeoRlonal rain or snow flurries tonight and Sunday: high both day 40-M; low tonight CENTRAL OREGON'S DAfLY NEWSPAPER 53rd Year One Section NEW VOTE LAW REHEARSAL Julia S. Johnson, city recorder, and a pretending voter re hearse in city hall a ballot presentation behind the new-law railing for voting enclosures to be ' used with other novel paraphernalia Monday when Bend becomes the first city in Oregon to eon duet a vote under the revised statutes of I955. Mrs. Johnson, as "ballot boss," will act in the tri ple capacity of sheriff, cleric and recorder. (Bend Bulletin Photo) Vote Due Monday on Water Bonds; Polls Will Be Open from 8 to 8 By DON HKifllNS Bulletin Start Writn- Registered voters of Bend will ballot Monday on the question of issuing- $365,000 in bonds to .com plete financing needed for pro posed .improvements in the city's water system. Voting will be held in two pre cincts. Voters living east of the Deschutes river will vote in Pre cinct 1 in the city hall, those west of the river, in Precinct 2 in the basement of the Kenwood school, Newport avenue and Harmon boulevard. The polls wUl be open continu ously1 from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. j ' Well Publicized Durjng the past month, details of the improvements planned andj You'll Have to Sign Your Name In Voting This Time New - regulations governing vot ing In Oregon will be effective here Monday when Bend residents bal lot on the $3K,000 water improve ment bonds, to expedite the com pletion of the municipal system. If will be the first election in Oregon under the new procedure. The major change in the laws, passed at the 1955 session of the state legislature, will be that re quiring all voters to sign two poll books, in either ink or indelible pencil. By signing the poll books, the: voter will attest that his residence, as listed in the books, is correct. The first clerk will inform the voter o! this fact. I New poll books have been pre pared by the Deschutes county clerk. If the residence address of n voter in the poll books is not cor rectly given because of an error in the preparation of the poll books, the chairman shall ascertain the correct address from the voter by an path, as provided by Oregon laws. If. an elector needs assistance in preparing his ballot, it shall be given by chairman and judge. Guardrails are to be provided Hudspeth DENVER (UP) John Hud speth, an Oregon cattleman, fin-j ished a four-day buying spree at the National Western Stock Show yesterday during which he ac- i quired 160 Hereford and Angus bulls. Hudspeth was the biggest indi-l vidual buyer at the 50th annual National Western, and one of the biggest in the show's history. He must have spent more than $100,000 on stock for Hudspeth Land & Livestock Co., at Prine vllle, Ore., which he operates with, two brothers. Hudspeth began on Tuesday, ri-T'Tr err : " - the reasons for installing have been made public in thember 1 for ries of articles in this newspaper, in radio broadcasts and in talks by Walter T. Thompson, city mana ger, to civic groups. Briefly, if the voters approve the issue, improvements will be start ed, as soon as the money is In hand, that will nearly double the present water capacity. If they vote against it, the improvements will be made over a period of about 15 years. There will be no increase in taxes, the city commissioners de clare, although the credit of the city is behind the issue. The bond will be retired when due from money paid by residents for water. The rates were increased Decem- around the board's table. Only electors admitted wit'.iin the rail will be those preparing their bal lots. Board officials said that if voters acquaint themselves with the num bers of their precincts, voting will be expedited at the special elec tion. Precinct numbers will be re quired, so the clerks can search the proper poll books for the names. ' ' ; ' This will be Bend's first vot since the balloting laws were re vised at U'.e li session of the legislature. At the May primaries, and the November election this year, all persons must live in the precinct in which they vote. Business men and others who have been voting at downtown precincts will lose their right to ballot unless they register before the May primary. The Oregon law now states that the voter jiust ballot in the pre cinct where his home is. The ruL requiring the signing of the poll would circulate initiative petitions books will attest this fact and wtllio lorce a vote on the question II be effective at tie primary andj be pi rased simply: "Fluorine in general elections in 19."6. Bend. v r no." Goes on Buying Spree paying an average of $1,773 each for 12 herd bulls at Hie I,amont Pavillion sale. The same day he bought 10 yearling bulls from B. P. Franklin of Meeker, Col:., for $5,- 550. Then he closed deals for a load of bulls from the famed Deberard Cattle Co., of Kremlllng. Colo.. 26 yearling bulls from John Keller & Sons of St. Francis, Knn.. anrl 20 yearling bulls from George Cum mings & Son of Amherst, Colo. On Wednesday he paid $3,375 for the show's championship pen of three Aberdeen - Angus bulls arwj, Bend, the purpose. Bought In ItttO This will be the second bond is sue .election held for improvements since the cily of Bend bought its water system in 1926 from the Bend Water, Light and Power com nany. The price was $271,1-19.19. A bond issue of $600,000 was sold to pay for the system and to extend it, principally by getting a new source of supply to replace the ill tasting and odorous water then in use. The second bond issue was vot ed in 1947 to obtain $150,000 for the completion of payments on the first issue of $600,000. The first bond issue for improve ments was voted in 1951. It was for $500,000. Part of issue has been retired as the bonds became due from ni3ney paid by users of the water. As the remainder of the bonds, some $-17-1.000 worth, ma ture, they will be paid from the same source. Bend May Get Another Fight On Fluorides Bend had a new challenge today against its attempt to add fluorides to the water supply. W. J. Baer. who carried his first battle against the program to the Oregon Supreme Court, said he was not through yet. Baer's announcement came in the wake of a statement that Bend had ordered equipment to treat the water supply after the recent de cision of the Supreme Court that the fluoridation of water was legal ;ind within the rigits of cities. Baer said he would attempt to place the issue on the ballot at Bend for a second time on the grounds that " ' voters were con fused when v approved fluori dation (he fir.t time. He said he $3,150 for the reserve champion ren. shown by Lewis Pit-rce of "reston. III. He followed that with :he purchase of the champion and -cserve pens of five Angus bulls, :md nine other Angus bulls. On Thursday he bought 15 bull calves from B. P. Franklin for $22.500 including one which Frank' lin valued at $11,000. Yesterday. Hudspeth bought 14 more Hereford bull calves. Prices were not made public on all Hudspeth's purchases, but the 29 huU calves he bought alone cost $32,000. Deschutes County, Oregon jinxed Money Rolls In for GOP At 'Salutes' By VNITKI) 1'KKSS 'Salute to Eisenhower" dinners grossed an estimated five million dollars last night to back up Re publican determination to stay in the Vute House another lour years. An estimated 100,000 Republi cans made the salute a warm one for President Eisenhower to the tune of $100 a plate in most cases. In Chicago, young Republicans who couldn't afford the high cost of campa ign i tig got a ' 'sandwich" instead of the box lunch at the bargain rate of $12.50. In New York an estimated 5000 young Republicans got a free lunch. In Boston, Thomas Pappas, wealthy Greek immigrant, pledged the GOP coffers $100,000 from the Massachusetts state party. He said the state organization would raise the money to "get Ike elected." The biggest gathering was In New York's Madison Square gar den where 17.000 persons donated more than one-million dollars. About 1,000 of the persons attend ing were entertainers and mem bers of choral groups and 5,000 more were Young Republicans who were admitted free. Treasury Secretary Spoke The $100 donors got a lobster box lunch and. heard Treasury Sec retary George Humphrey laud the Kisenhower administration. In Chicago, more than 4.000 Re publicans heard Vice President Richard M. Nixon introduce Presi dent 'Eisenhower's television ad dress. Nixon's own address de fended the administration's policies and tore into Democratic critics. Water Hearing ir Hearings on the water adjudica tion of the Deschutes river ore set to begin Monday before Judge Ralph S. Hamilton of the Circuit court in tie county courthouse. Some of the water rights to be adjudicated have been delayed by depression, war and continuances over a period of nearly 40 years. A number of attorneys, repre senting water districts and indi viduals, are expected to get to gether on matters in dispute among themselves before filing their ex ceptions with the court. They have informed Judge Hamilton they be lieve they can iron out some differences. Actual hearings may get under way late in the day. Interested parties include, the Central Oregon Irrigation district. the Arnold district, the North unit and the Lone Pine, or Crook coun ty Improvement district. Squaw creek district water rights were adjudicated in 1917. The Tum- a'o district, as the Deschutes Mun icipal Improvement district is pop ularly called, is not directly invol ved but will have supplemental proceedings. Reports Confuse Search for Killer PRINCETON, Ind. (UP) Jittery citizens "positively" identifying fu gitive leslle Irvin in five stater spurred a confused police and FBI search today for the escaped "mad dog" killer. The search concentrated in Illi nois and Indiana. But the slayer, condemned to the electric chair was reported seen in Dayton. Ohio; Louisville, Ky., and St. Louts, Mo. Irvin escaped the Gibson County Jail here Thursday. He was await ing electrocution in June for mur der. He had been accused of slay ing six persons and was convicted for thf murder of one of them. The FBI entered the case Friday morning when a fugitive warrant was obtained at Evansville, Ind. The warrant charged the 31-year-old slayer had crossed the state line from Indiana to Mt. Carmel, 111., where he is believed to have stolen an automobile. ! Saturday, January 21, Bridge Sends Night Skiing Set Tonight There will be night skiing at the Sky liner Playground tonight! Skiing will start at 7 p.m. and continue until the demand slack ens, probably around 9:30 p.m. Another generator shack still ha: lo be constructed, but officials are going ahead with plans for night skiing anyway. Conditions were a little icy at the multi-sports winter area Satur day morning, but they were ex pected to improve with more use this afternoon. A new tow rope has also been installed, which will result in few er breakdowns. The Skyliner bus is also back in tie: ion. after a slight mechanical failure. However the bus wont make any runs on nights or Sun days. And unless there are more passengers in the morning, the bus will only be used in the after nrwinu Al mvicunl ihurn nr.) n tiw I iAA fow.wk ietM tvikhv nitvHHlflii nf the bus In the mornfcig. Anyone desiring Skyliner mem bership can pick up his card ut a new booth set up at the area, or inside tfie warming hut. Ike's Principles Most Important, Patterson Says BOISE, Ida. (UP) - Gov. Paul Patterson of Oregon called on fel low Republicans last night to sup port the principles of president ttiseuhowcr and his admipLstmtiou regardless of whether or not the president is a candidate for re election next fall. The Oregon governor spoke be fore the Boise "Salute to Eisen hower" dinner, one of 70 held simultaneously in principal cities throughout the nation us a testi monial to President Eisenhower's leadership und the third anniver sary of his inauguration as presi dent. "I call on Republicans to accept the challenge a military nian might have made to his troops, that if your objective Is right, drive on to victory even though your commander-in-chief may fall along the way," Gov. Patterson said. Knowland Avoids Reference to Ike PALM BEACH, Ha. (UP) Sen, William F. Knowland (R-Calif) de fended tile administration's foreign policy against Democratic attacks last night but avoided paying per sonal tribute to President Eisen hower. The Senate minority leader sharply attacked Democratic pres idential hopeful Adlai Stevenson and other "New Dealers" for their unwarranted" attacks on Secre tary of State John Foster Dulles at a $100-a-plate Republican fund- raising dinner. fl'r. tli 1 2.' f - -V. - i - i 'f ' 'f -t-- A ' ' TOP CITIZENS OF YEAR Jaycees at their annual distinguished awards banquet here Friday night named these men as Bend's outstanding men of the year. From the left they are Vlnce Gen na, named No. I junior citizen; Melvin Rogers, senior citizen, and Arnle Swarens, selected by the Jaycees as their key man of the year. (Bend Bulletin Photo) If 1956 Mel Rogers Outstanding 1955 Citizen By PHIL K. BROGAN Bulletin Staff Writer . Recognition to men named as Bend's outstanding citizens of the past year was extended by the Junior Chamber of Commerce al its annual distinguished award ban quet here last night, at the Pine Tavern. Melvin L. Rogers, city commis sioner, Pageantannn, filter center volunteer und Untied Fund worker. aus acclaimed Bend's senior citi zen of the year, with Ben W. Fan ning, lust year's top citizen, mak i:ig the presentation. Vince Gennn, U.S. Air Fore.1 veteran, local lender in Junior base ball activities and worker who spearheaded the rejuvenation of ie Skyliners,. was named the No. 1 junior citizen of the year. Owen Panner, Inst year's top junior man. made the presentation, and pre sided at the dinner. Oiven Key Award The Juycees named Arnle Swar- ens, who headed many club pro tects in the year, the-recipient of (heir prized key award. Keith Snep- ard made the presentation. This year t'he Jaycees also paid tribute to their outstanding worker on the distaff side Mrs. Neil Jack son. The presentation of the cer tificate, something new in distin guished service award banquets here, was made by Mrs. llelmer1 WaJlun. ' v . : Four special certificates, in re cognition of community activities, were also awarded: I.uiidgrcn Honored 1. Leonard Lundgren received one of these certificates. With soc ial mention made of the lumber man's assistance to the Skyliners, and his aid in many other com munity projects. The presentation was made by Alvin J. Gray for the Jaycees, and in the absence of Lundgren, now in the south. Norbert Schaedler accepted the certificate. 2. Mrs. Charles B. Hinds, Jr., Bend air defense filter center civ ilian administrator, received the second of the special certificates, in recognition of her work with the center and the GOC. Rodney Huf stader made the presentation. SMclnl Recognition 3. The Bend Bulletin was the recipient of one of the special re cognition certificates, for its efforts in behalf of a community college and Its opposition to the establish ment of a sawmill In alpine tim ber in the Crescent lake area. J. Pat Metke made the presentation to Phil F. Brogan of The Bulletin staff, who accepted in behalf of Robert W. Chandler, editor and publisher. 4. The fourth special certificate was awarded lo Radio Station KBND, in recognition of its civic work. Jack Thornton of the KBND staff accepted the certificate from Hetmer Wallan. Eight Pages 5 to SPEAKER Tom McCall, Port, land radio executive, was gueit speaker at the Jaycees1 1956 distinguished award banquet here Friday night, at the Pine Tavern. (Bend Bulletin Photo) Americans Face Record Onslaught From Politicos The most confusing, loudest and most expensive politicul bombard ment in the history of America is already being triggered and will last until the frosts of November, Thomas Lawson McCall, Portland radio executive and news commen tator, reminded an audience here last night. He was uest speaker nt the 11156 distinguished awurds banquet sponsored by the Bend Chumber of Commerce, nnd was introduced by Owen Panner. The bombardment, McCall cau tioned, may weaken the very demo I crutic RVBlem under which Amer- lea became Burm emo' In the -wor jl Perception 1 Driven home with record cam paign expenditures, the verbal can non tiding of both parties will likely test the perception of the electorate of die- nation as never before," MoCall said, adding: I "It is goimj to take tenacity.! patience, discernment and humor. to enable the voter to keep from being torn away from his perspec tive by the great barrage of 11)56, Of those four requisites, per haps an active sense of humor will be his best defense for his own rationality. Would that America had organization for sane politicking to see to it that real relaxers like, say, the old motion picture, 'The Senator was Indiscreet', are brought into full play nationally. Budget Director Hughes Resigns WASHINGTON (UP) Budget Director Rowland K. Hughes- smiling, rotund architect of the Kiscnhowcr administrations bal anced budgets has resigned. Deputy Budget Director Perclval F. Brundagc will replace Hughes on April 1. Hughes said he was resigning his J17,000-a-yenr post for ' person al and family" reasons. No. 39 Deaths 12 Workmen Plunged Into Brazos River HEMPSTEAD, Tiw. (UP) Twelve workmen plunged 75 feet into the Hiiizos River Friday night when part of u "jinxed" bridge col lapsed and authorities feared to- day five men had been killed. .. The men plummeted into the water along Willi u million pounds of steel aflT a concrete pillar stip- krting the bridge gave way. ft was ttic third uecident on Hie bridge project since hud spring., Seven men suivived the latest mishap, but dim were Injured, two critically. ' A 180-foot long span of the bridge which fell into the river hunts crazity on its side today, dipping into the water. Mass Of Mleel The tangled mass of steel and concrete the two I-beams that fell weighed 909,000 pounds was so big some of it stuck up above the water's surfuce. The river Is 15 feet deep. , Jl. T. Chalk, 37, of Kaufman. Tex., who was Injured said he was fastening the '.wo great I-beams to.. get'her when he saw one of them start slipping away. 'I grabbed Hie beam that was attached to the crane," he said. It started moving and I hung onto It. I figured I'd dropped about 10 feet holding, onto It, Then it turned and threw me off. Just then I beard a loud pop and the whole bridge seemed to come crashlne down. The next d, mmg i Knew l nil xne waier (a tl feet below with a crash, ';;. i- swam out' under my own power." Workers Idled : By Auto Firms ; DETROIT (UP) The auto In-; riustry, anticipating a seaonul' buyer slump, has idled some 25, 000 production workers In the post' month In an effort to right the lop--sided level of supply and demand. Plymouth division of Chrysler Corp. laid off 10,350 workers yes terday, the bigrst individual luy off notice unnunced since the in dustry sturted gradually trimming production In mid-December. Plymouth said 8350 workers would Ik? luid off In Detroit and 2000 at two plants at Evansville, Ind. Willaim J. Bird, Chrysler vice president in charge of the Ply mouth division, suid production schedules were reduced in order to bring dealer stocks Into line with market demand." Farmers' Club Helps Pay For Old Folks' TV A bonus donation to rlie River View nursing home for the tele vision set hookup and service charges has been made by the Powell Fiutte Farmer's club. The amount Is $25. The donation was received by Mrs. Mary Damon it The Bulletin who has acted a treasurer of the fund shortly be fjre t.o subscriptions from resi dent and organizations reached the total needed and exceed I'd it. The ranchers ut Powell Butte lunatint; the 25 had sent in their check made out to another nursing nome. Mrs. Damon returned the check and in a letter explained that enough money had ulready been received. The Powell Butte Farmers Club was not to be denied. Its treasurer rewrote the cheek onectly and sent It back. Mrs, O.niton has turned the money over to the home, which now not only has enough to pay tins year's TV charges but some $:W.23 to apply to next year's. OKTH ONE YEAR Ken R. Pruett was sentenced to one year In the Oregon Sflate peni tentiary Fridny on a check charge by Judge Ralph S. Hamilton. He will be transported to Salem Mon- hy.
