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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1956)
T : THE BEND BULLETIN and CENTRAL ORKOOK PRESS ; Robett W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher " Thll F. Brogan, Associate Editor Member, Audit Bumin of Circulations Kntarvd A Second C.Imm HiUx'i itmumnr . 1911 al U !" OH' . Orr.on umtar Al-I o( Muri'ti 2, UTt. An Independent Newspaper 4 The Bend Bulletin, Saturday, January 21, 1956 The Bend Police Department ('resented here is another in a aeries of guest edi torials that appear in The Bulletin on Saturdays. This week's guest editor is John T. Truett, Bend chief of police. He touches on his department its operation, functions and achievements. This column is available each Satur-day'-lo persons having topics of general interest to pre sent) By JOHN T. TRUETT Chief of Police Why are you a policeman? This question is often asked every one of us in the law enforcement field. Usually, most of us become police men through a number of reasons and circumstances. Those who remain in police work as a career do not do so because of the uniform and badge, as many of our questioners believe. We are in it bause it is a good job in which to make a living, have a chance for ad vancement and a prospect of retirement with a compe tence. Also we are doing this work because we have a de sire to help people when they are in need, and because every day we can, and do add to our store of knowledge and education. There are M of us in the Bend police department. We are on duly 24 hours a day, seven days a week and every week of the year. There are no general holidays. We oper ate in three shifts of eight hours each. If these shifts were of equal importance, it would mean only four men available at any one time because that is all there is when vacations and school periods are taken out of the year. Actually more men are used some hours than at others. Our duties are many. We drive the ambulance, investigate complaints and crimes, govern traffic, make arrests, operate the city jail, and perform many other duties. For instance, in the past six months of 1955 the department received 2,102 complaints and made 2,016 investigations, or about 12 a day. We also transported 143.' patients in tho ambulance throughout tho Central Oregon area. We accepted this extra work and are proud to perform it because again we are being of assistance to people in the time of need. j Every policeman has a regular 48-hour week, but is oh call any time of the day or night. Ho gets no pay at all for overtime work and every one does some. After a year on the department he is entitled to two weeks va cation with pay. Each year he must attend police school for several days to improve himself and to keep abreast of tho times. ; I insist that our policemen bear themselves with dignity and pride, that they enforce the laws impartially, tha they befriend any one in need, assist people whenever possible I do not tolerate arrogance. We have no bullies, wo "merely insist that the peace be maintained in the letter and spirit of the law. We use physical force only when it is necessary to effect the arrest. - There are times when it is almost agonizing to serve as 4 policeman. One of these is when we must tell a person- that a member of his or her family has been killed in an automobile accident or has met with somo other act of violence. That is not easy, especially when we realize it might not have happened if wo had been on the spot. Wolcannot bo everywhere at once. ; It is not easy or pleasant either, to see a small child lying in tho street after being hit by somo reckless or drunk driver who has no regard for others in the street. - But wo do have our pleasant incidents and duties too. We like to invito the boys and girls to our office to neurits operations. We like to find their bicycles and re turn them. Incidentally, we normally find and return more thah 05 per cent of the bicycles lost, stolen or abandoned carelessly, and the number runs into the hundreds. ; Wo hold firearms training classes for the officers twire each year. Also leach the young boys safely in the handling of .22 rifles. We leach children the rules of Oh; Yes, He Flirts." There's but One Love; Though. Edson In Washington Farmer Faces Fancy Figuring By PKTKK KIWOV NKA WiiMiiliKtnn ('"rntijxmdt'nt 1 WASHINGTON (NKA) The av erage dirt or suil:iise fcirmt-r will find himself in weeds as hish as an eh'phart's eye when he sits down with pencil and paper to figure out what he can get out of President Eisenhower's new soil hank. Take the ease of an avcraf Farmer John, owning and opera line l'JO acres, of which 20 have been under cultivation. To make It simple, say that' he had 00 acres in corn or other feed grains. If in tiie north, say he had the other 00 acres in wheat. If in the south, say he hail 20 acres in cotton and the remaining -10 in soybeans or peanuts. under the acreage allotments now in effect, sny that the w wheat acres were cut down to fit), or that the 20 cotton acres were cut down to 15, On top of this, rtile the soil bank plan, in two parts. Part one, the "reserve" plan, I.1 aimed to reduce cadi crop pro fluction while the huge government surpluses arc lxing disposed of So it is pntp sset! to reduce aereugr under cultivation by an averagi of 20 per cent. Farmer John can't he asked u ake a loss on this idle acreage. So the government proposes to pay him "a percentage of the vaku of the crop he would have raised." What this percentage will be isn't specified. But the general assump tion is that it would be some thing more Winn the profit he would normally make on this ac- ivage. Since he wouldn't have to buy seed or fertilizer or cultivate or harvest the crop, his costs of operation would be reduced and counted as a saving. The 50 acres of wheat cut 20 per cent would be reduced by 10 acr.es. If th(s land had averaged 20 bushels to the acre, at 5180 bushel, its crop would be worth HIA If farmer is paid half tins. Eisenhower says the government will pay "a fair share of the costs of planting this land in trees or grasses, or building rainfall catch basins to conserve the soil." There after the government would pay! the farmer annually to keep thisi land in reserve. These payments aren't stated precisely. But President Eisen hower's total figures of 350 million dollars to take 25 million acres out of production the first, year would average $U an aero. The exact amount will vary from region to region, bused on past production. So if Farmer John put 25 acres more in conservation re serve, nt an average $14 an acre, he could collect $350 the first year. possibly less in succeeding years. This, with the $17.V1K0 from the first part of the plan, would give him a total take of $525. This is an average. A separate calculation .would have to be made for every one of America's six million farms choosing to take part in the soil bank plan. 1l..'l1 ,r.,t tlWfl Thn II ,.rAc nf wi.ei.y in nuiiiK nuyeies. we like lo worK with them andjmtton cut 20 per cni would l reduoxl by three acres. If this bind averaged two thirds of a bale In the acre, at $175 a bale, its crop would bring $!150. If the farmer is paid half this, he ll get $175. I In return for this, the farmer would have to agree not to plant Ibis reserve acreage in any cash nip and not to raise liveslock on H. The land could lit1 idle, or it mid lie planted to cover crop, irh as gtass. to hold the soil. P.ryitu ni would not be in cash. hnM-rr. but in Commodity Credit' Corjioiaiion "certificates," issued at harvest lime. They would he son1 (or an equivalent amount of ;overnment-held surplus wheat (or Ml ton 1 ai current market, prices, rtie farmer could sell the eertifi aies back to CCC for cash. Or he hiUI take the commodities, sell them on Hit' open market, or hold 'hem on his farm for a price help them because we realize perhaps more keenly than others that Ihey tire the future citizens of our city. . In the past few years we have instituted many pro grains for the benefit of the people of Bend. To mention n t'Jw, wc check your homes ami property when you are on vacation if you apply for the service; we have a worth iest? check program for the wholesale and retail merchants to better protect them from those passing the bad checks, H firearms training program for boys and another for women, and a halloween party designed to get children ovei their fears of a policeman. I We ask you to consider that wo cannot bo every where at onco. Just let us know any and all matters tor polK-e action that come to your attention, regardless of how small you think they are. Small matters often de velop into those of a larger nature. Wo also ask you to bear in mind that every city, large or small, has crimes and delinquencies to contend with. Our job is to keep on continuous guard to these violations so that they will not he a source of temptation because of any laxmss on our part, and to act promptly and vigorously when tho law is violated. Kindly remember, too, that it is necessary for a po- 1 iceman to be on duty, alert and ready for call. The know ledge that he is there keeps many a potential crook from commuting n crime. Th' uVit he muht feed to his chicken; Col ton isn't edible, but il niihi In tised to plug up cracks A.sMinnn tins is all rlvir. turn u-'v to th.- K't'.ind or "conservation n's.-iw. " jt n t of this pi'omani. Tim is apiMicnble to all the rest "f tin- hud t)1( farmer has under culm iimn, regardless o' crop. It would even he applicable in New Kn-I.md. wVre few of the basic crops are nmwn. Here the govern ment would siv lo Farmer John if eft-vt: "Th" vrinmenl will make a ,.,! ,,.1 . ill- 1 .1 . , mip-f-je.u dn niavoc longer' eon- nw.. ..- ....it ,mU miMhcis aim nave impressed onjtra.-t n, lHi to lake more land their minds I he thought that tit labor diligently and hon-j'1'1 ol pnduetiuii." ostly is to labor for the irlorr of find :m.l tn:m T . C " nv n" plamed. in other Bcebo, Ford Motor Co., executive. Quotable Quotes Industry wants young people who are not afraid to Games Benefit March of Dimes Special to Tho Bulletin CRESCENT -- Gilchrist and La- Pine, grade school basketball teams were principals in a March of Dimes benefit action here re cently that netted $90 for the p:lio fund. In the featured contest, between the Gilchrist and LaPine 7th and 8th grade teams, Gilchrist won 19i to 11,. with Jimmy Traw of the winners accounting for 10 points. Anson was high for LaPine, with 6 points. Mixed teams made up of 5th and 6th graders provided the curtain raiser action, with tic Green Suits winning 19 to 5. Weed Control Meeting Planned At Powell Butte Lost and evaluation of a pro gram fur the eradication of weeds will bo among' topics discussed at a meeting to be held on Monday, Jan. 23. at the Powell Butte com munily hall. The meeting will be sponsored by the Eastern Oregon Mills of Bend, of which George Short is manager, in cooperation with Ore gon Agriculture Chemicals. Also assisting will be John Couch, of DuPont. who will discuss a new weed killer. Ed Green of Tulolake, Calif., will conduct the meeting, and Gu: Woods, Crook county agent, will be present. The PiAvrll Butte weed control meeting will bo one of 20 sponsored since Oct. II. These meetings cov er basic chemicals, deal with gnwth and consider sods. Equip ment and calibration are also con sidered. Slides will be shown. A long-lasling, low cost weed control program on ditch banks will be presented. The Monday night meeting will start at T:.'y). Lefters To the Editor: Your editorial "How 'Old' is old?" I have read with quite some interest, especially the first ques tion. "How do people who reach the age of 65 keep from getting old?" When the writer reached the age or 60 we took a two-week vaca tion from our work in the Shevlin- HLxon office and upon leaving we left a large box of chocolates fori the office workers stating that we were "Sweet Sixty." The thought of reaching the threescore mark did not make me feel old as J still could outrun anyone my age When the 65 mark turned up we were told iiy some of the higherl ups that our retiring day had ar rived. I had kept books all my life and I was not yet ready to retire, as I could still outrun any one my age, but as an OLD man I haa to go after working all these years with the best of friends. Some official of the Oregon Trail Box Co. must have known that I still had a few years left and I was offered a job wiiich I accepted. Then the day came at the 70 mark. The Bible tells me, "The days of our years are threescore and ten; and it by reason of strength they be fourscore years." Psl. 90:10. The writer now has crossed the 73 mark and I belie e I still can go to 50 yards in (?), riding a bi cycle to and from work and around town every day; 25,000 miles is quite a ways. One doctor said, 'That bicycle keeps you going another said. "The way you ride don't hurt you at all " "How 'old' is old?" Just try and keep happy and oc cupied for today and trust in the Iord and live by the Good uici Book and we try and keep within the law, NO JAY WALKING. John V. Morgan Bend, Oregon Jan. 19, 1956 Pafh of Brilliant Fireball Traced Across NW Skies A brilliant green fireball with a Darning tail that flared out ol Pacific skiei at 5:24 p.m. on Sun-i day, Jan. 8, apparently had south western Oregon as its target, but possibly never reached land. This is the conclusion of Phil F. Brogan, Bend, northwest director of the American Meteor Society who with the assistance of John H. Eaton, engineer and president of the Deschutes Geology Club, charted the course of the bis meteor. Reports were received from observers in widely scattered areas. The meteor was so brilliant in some localities that it virtually floodlighted the landscape, In the deep dusk of the January evening. It was observed from points be tween the Albany country and Med ford, and at Roseburg, Klamath Falls and lkeview. One of the best views of the fireball was obtained by two Bend men, Loyde Blakley and Bert Ha gen, who were driving west over the Central Oregon highway from Burns. They said the object ap peared to be plunging into the southeast. Lakeview, Klamath Falls and Roseburg reported the fireball in the west. Brogan estimated that tho fire- OK CXH'KSK NORFOLK, Mass. (UP) When the official baseball averages of tho Norfolk Prison Colony team wore released, one column of fig ures was missing. Stolen bases. Tanker Blast Toll Set at 19 LAUS CHARLES. La (UP) - The U.S. Coast Guard planned, to complete today its inquiry into a tanker explosion that left 10 men dead ni missirie. Testimony late Friday indicated.! a leaking storage tank and a "hot; pipe" may have touched off the holocaust last Wednesday night , aboard the tanker Maritime Salem. Two explosions which shook the! area for miles sent sheets of flame i across the tanker and two barges, while taking on a cargo of gasoline and kerosene at the Cities Service refinery docks. Meeting Monday Special to Thn Bulletin MADRAS A full program, in cluding a speech by Harold .Kwalt, Oregon State college extension dairy specialist, is planned for the sixth anf Ual meet of the Jefferson County Dairy Breeders association, Monday, starting at 10 a.m. The meeting will be held in the Madras Air Base theater building, and activities will include talks by Leo Chard, manager-technician; Fred Roberts, manager of the Ore gon Dairy Breeders association; and Ewalt, whv; will speak on "Correlation of f eeding to Breed ing Troubles in Dairy Cattle." A noon pot tuck luncheon is scheduled. A short - wave radio message can be sent around the world on less power than mat required to operate an average flashlight. ball became visible about 70 miles above the earth as it bored into rhe atmosphere out over the Pa cific. It was still some 300 miles to the west when sighted by Allen Dickinson near Cheshire and by Les Small, who saw it when cross ing the Santiam bridge at Jeffer son. The green-headed meteor was seen in the west by Mrs. John B. Lynch from her home in Medford, and trailed southeast past Mt. Nebo as observed by Mrs. N. F. Simpson of Roseburg. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Hooper of Portland were traveling north m the Shasta Daylight train when they saw the fireball disappear south of Mt. McLoughlin. By Beld Bell SHOOTING IN THE SUN . . The old amateur rule of let ting the sun come from over your shoulder is good, and It will let you get away with a minimum of exposure, but It can also result in some pretty strained and squlnty expres sions on the face of your sub ject looking into the sun. This can be eliminated by use of a proper lens shade and re versing position with the sub ject. When doing this remem ber to expose for the details In shadows. As the face now Is in the shadow, the expos ure must be increased con siderably, perhaps double or more. For more valuable tips on taking better pictures stop in and have a chat with any of our friendly clerks. They will be glad to help you with your particular problems. THRIFT-WISE DRUGS S ft H Green StantiM 1020 Wall Ph. 823 MOTORISTS Are Finding Out Ecch Day That It PAYS IN MANY WAYS To Check With HUNNELL MOTORS FOR Major or Minor Repairs WHEEL ALIGNMENT . Lubrication or A Tuneup. HUNNELL MOTORS 835 BOND PHONE 26 Tor IIil "i' i;iitcd. lii..i year. Prtiuluit .4 a. t IT J' I J3- 3 Spiritual Uplift Services FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH 331 Newport Bend Jan. 22 to Feb. 5 7:Hfl Kadi Nicht Except .Monday .Mr. uuti Mrs. i. iumi r.vajis. r.vamroiistM SERMON TOPICS SUNDAY, Innuury 22 11 A.M. "The Divine Appointment" 7:30 r.M. "Revive I s Again" Tl KSDAY "Wlu-n .lesus Prayed" WEDNESDAY Tiff's Supreme, rurposc" Till ItNP.VY "By What Authority?" 1'ltlDAY "The l nirral Command" NATl'KDAY "Christ's Test of (.'mirage" COME! HEAR THESE CHRIST-CENTERED SERMONS. WELCOME! Step W Few dreams coma true "All of a sudden." Usually it lakes purimseful planning and persistent effort to achieve anything worth while. Take that dream of yours, for Instance ... is it a home of your own? It won't come true overnight. . . . But it will materialize dollar by dollar, slep by step. The dollars you take to keep your account growing, week after week, ac cording to plan . . . these are the steps that dreams emtio true tut. START. SAVING NOW CURRENT DIVIDEND Credit as of Dec. 31, 1955 SAVINOSN III Ml -' iw 1,1 TMm Mm 1 uuAni ASSOCIATION
