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: 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.
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