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THE BEND BULLETIN
Tuesday, June 16, 1959
An Independent Newspaper
Leu W. Meyers, Circulation Manager
Loren E. Dyer, Mechanical Superintendent
Phil F. Brogan, Associate Editor
William A. Yates, Managing Editor
Robert W. Chandler, Editor and Publisher
Entered as Second Class Matter, January 6, 1917, at the Post Office at Bend, Oregon, under Act
of March 3, 1879 .
C. J. Levereft developed camping site
that later gave way to beautiful park
Bend was hardly prepared for the
infant tourist industry when it started
here some 40 years ago. Few recall this
fact more graphically than C. J. Lever
ett, who is leaving after living in this
area for 47 years.
. Campers, local residents called
those first tourists who groped their
way over dusty, rutted Central Oregon
roads. Generally, they camped beside
a road, or along the river north of town.
They traveled in hard-wheeled ears lad
en with luggage, including bedding and
cooking equipment.
It was in 1919 that the City of Bend
became aware of the possible impor
tance to the community of the occasion
al "campers" who bedded down in the
dust, made their fires, prepared their
meal, then slept under the stars.
Bend's camping facilities in 1919
consisted of a dusty cove near the north
end of the city limits of those days. The
campsite was being made available on
a seasonal basis by The Bend Com
pany. In the winter of 1921-22, following
a season when as many as a dozen
"campers" stopped here on a single
night, the City of Bend took serious
notice of the importance of visitors who
stopped here overnight.
Finally the Bend Commercial Club
decided that there should be a munici
pally owned and operated tourist camp.
Immediately, there developed a
considerable controversy as to the lo
cation of such a camp. Some suggested
use of part of the city park (Drake).
Others proposed the conversion of
Shevlln Park, west of town, into a
campers' area.
Eventually, the city purchased the
site then in use, north of the business
district. To C. J. Leverclt, who headed
the city council's public properties com
mittee, was assigned the task of "get
ting the tourists out of the dust."
The site turned over to Council
man Lcverett to develop is the location
of Pioneer Park of the present. But
it was far from the beauty spot it is
now. It was a miniature dust bowl.
Campers moved in there in the evening,
set up quarters in the dust, made their
fires in the open and went to bed.
Lcverett decided there should be
more elaborate aceommodntions. Some
fireplaces were constructed. An effort
was made to settle the dust through
sprinkling. Running water was provid
ed. A caretaker, Harry Michaels, was
placed in charge, to assist the visitors
in making camp, in assigning spots and
in collecting the nominal fee.
By 1923, Bend was proud of its
"tourist camp."
With the improvement of high
ways, visitors rapidly increased in num
bers. Uptown, several groups of tourist
cabins were constructed. Soon accom
modations of the motel type were devel
oped. There was objection to the city of
Bend competing with private industry
by maintaining a camp. Soon the city
stepped out of the camping business.
But the land acquired for camping
purposes was not wasted. Out of that
dusty camping spot grew beautiful Pio
neer Park of the present.
In getting early-day tourists out of
the dust. C. J. Lcverett cleared the way
for the development of a beauty spot on
the Deschutes.
The answer really is rather simple
Bud Forrester, editor of Ihe East
Oregonian in Pendleton, is trying to
figure something out. In a recent col
umn he put it this way:
We read last week that the bid of the
Teamsters Union to represent worktrs in
wood products manufacturing plant has
been rejected. And we wondered what pos
sible connection the Teamsters could have
with wood products manufacturing. Can
somebody enlighten us?
Well, shucks, that really isn't
much of a problem.
Teamsters used to drive wagons.
And the wagons were all made of wood.
Any number can play
We are duly grateful to those alert
and public-spirited citizens of the
American south who have pointed out
the dangers inherent in some books and
stories.
If they hadn't mentioned it, we'd
have gone to our grave thinking that
"The Three Little Pigs" Is nothing but
a charming fable, and that "The Rah
bits' Wedding" was only a children's
story.
Now that we're alerted to the fact
that they are, in fart. Insidious propa
ganda for the mongrelization of the
race, we can keep our eye out sharply
for such dangerous items.
The field of song-writing Immedi
ately suggests itself.
Ill this new moorl nf mire u fi.l
thnt "The Red Red Robin Goes
Uol Bobbin" Alone" Is n thinlv.
cuised Communist fmct l,.!r.nl.H
Indoctrinate the younger generation as
to the invincibility of the Marxist dog
mas. "Little Red Riding Hood" is equal
ly obvious the innocent Red satellite
saved from the big, bad capitalistic, wolf
In the nick of time by the heroic peoples
wood-cutter, who is, of course, the rep-
Bob
'-dis-
to
resentation of the Soviets.
Now that our suspicions have been
aroused, by Golly, it becomes evident
we have been blind too long, and that in
actuality the list of subtle propagan
dists songs and stories is nng indeed.
What about the "White Cliffs of
Dover"? Isn't that a pro-segregationist
song, masquerading as a wartime tri
bute to Anglo-Saxon Great Britain?
"Red Sails in the Sunset" what
is that but n veiled warning from the
Chinese Communists?
And in another song we vaguely
remember, the words go, "The leaves
of brown came tumbling down . . . "
Aha! There's a warning for the colored
races, all right. Disguised, of course,
but still blatant when one once finds
the key.
At our earliest opportunity we shall
report these and a list of others to the
FBI. Now that you know the game, help
yourself. Why not start with "Black
Beauty," "I'm Dreaming of a White
Christmas." "The Red Badge of Cour
age." "Boston Blackie," and "The Scar
let l etter." and go on from there? Anv
number ran play. (K. A. In Medford
Mail Tribune)
By Drev PesrsMi
WASHINGTON - A significant
secret meeting with Adm. Lewis
Slraius and Chairman John Mc
Cone of the A'omic Energy Com
mission took place recently to dis
cuss wheiher Stra-iss could be
confirmed as Secretary of Com
merce. Members of the White
House stuff were also present, j
Strauss confessed that his hopes
of confirmation looked dim. Since
he wasn't Roin to tolerate the
humility of defeat, he considered
the possibility of having his name ;
withdrawn. i
This brought vigorous opposi-
ion from other conferees. They
pointed out that the President bad
stuck out his neck by saying he
would not withdraw Strauss's i
name.
"How are we going to break I
this news to the President?" j
one of themisked. j
Final decision was that a super-
1111111,111 CUUIl MUU1U m IlltlUU IU
swing wavering senators into line
and apply lobbying pressure on
others to change their minds.
This meeting was what preced
ed one of the most intensive per- j
sonal lobbying campaigns everj)
seen on Capitol Hill. It has been ,
so intense that Sen. Howard Can-
non of Nevada suggested a Senate j
probe. j
"I have heard of the most se
vere and coarse pressures being
applied on individual senators,"
he said.
Backstage Pressure
Here is part of the lobbying
pressure to which Senator Can-1
non referred. ':
Pressure No. 1 Out of the I
clear blue, much-revered Baron
Robert Silvcrcruys, ambassador
of Belgium, got a phone call from
Admiral Strauss. Silvcrcruys has
nothing to do with American poli
tics, but happens to be married
to the lovely widow of the late
Sen. Brien McMahon of Connecti
cut who played a key role in de
veloping the hydrogen bomb.
McMahon had written a 5.000
word letter to President Truman
urging development of the bomb,
but when Baroness Silvcrcruys
asked permission to publish the
letter, Strauss refused. He has
claimed credit for the H-bomb
himself, and some critics have
pointed out that publication of the
McMahon letter would have re
futed this.
Naturally Baroness Silvcrcruys
has not hesitated about giving
senators her views on Strauss
when asked.
"Rosemary has been very aloof
toward me lately." Admiral
Strauss told the Belgian ambassa
dor in his surprise phone call.
"But I understand you are retir
ing soon, and I just wanted to
know if you'd like to be president
of Studebaker Motors. They need
a man like you and I wondered
whether you might be interest
ed." It was true that Ambassador
Silvcrcruys is retiring after a long
and distinguished career, but he
did not feel like trading his wife's
feelings toward Strauss off for a
job.
Lobbyist John L. Lewis
Pressure No. 2 occurred at John
L. I-cwis's United Mine Workers1
headquarters. Admiral Strauss !
called in erson on the bushy
eychrowed mineY boss, urged him
to swing the two West Virginia
senators into line. Strauss argued
that he was the man who put an
embargo on residual oil imports j
into the I SA which were hurting i
West Virginia coal.
Lewis promptly got busy, sent '
word to Sens. Boyb Byrd and
Jennings Randolph, two good
West Virginia I)emocrats, to
change their votes. They had
been against Strauss. Now Ran
dolph is for him and Byrd is wav
ering. The other day Byrd came up to
Sen. Gale McGeo. Wyoming Dem
ocrat, after he finished a power
ful summary of the case against
Strauss.
"Doggone it." he complained
good-naturedly. "You're making
it awfully tough for me. I was all
prepared to vote for this man. and
now you're making me search my
conscience."
Pressure No 3 Already re
ported m this column was
Strauss's sup(Kirt for a textile
committee in order to win the
ote of Senator Pastore. Rhode
Island Democrat. He wants stitf-
ef tariffs on textiles.
But Strauss's secret byplay with
John L. Lewis has now backfired.
In claiming credit for curtailing
residual oil, to get votes from
coal - producing West Virginia.
Strauss put himself on record
against New Kngland which bad
ly wants residual oil.
Senator Pastore. who voted for
Strauss in order to get textile
tariffs, also signed a strong letter
demanding continued imports of
residual oil. Signing this letter
with him on March 5, 1959, were
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith nf
Maine, who's reported favoring
Strauss, and Sen. Ed Muskie of
Maine, also . veering toward
Strauss.
Thus the Admiral has lobbied
for votes with New England sen
ators on the basis of helping New
England, and lobbied for votes
with West Virginia senators on the
basis of having hurt New Eng
land. 1
L.A. Ticket Snafu
The big hassle over the 5,000
tickets claimed by big Ed Pau
ley, the oilman, for the next Dem
ocratic Convention has now been
settled. The settlement was quiet
ly arranged, not by the party
chiefs as some of them claimed,
but by savings and loan execu
tive Bart Lytton of Los Angeles.
Because Pauley put up a siz
able chunk of dough for the Los
Angeles convention, he wanted to
grab off 5,000 tickets. This wou'd
have given him a chance to pack
the hall, stampede the delegates
for his man Sen. Stuart Sym
ington of Missouri. Other candi
dates were fit to be lied. Finally
Lytton untied the Gordian knot,
persuaded Pauley to take 1,500
tickets, the California State Dem
ocratic Committee 1,000. with the
rest going to various Democratic
organizations.
12 Mid-Oregon
By lie S. Grant
Bulletin Staff "Writer
A famous cartoonist of the last
decade often used to fill his space
with a drawing that had appeared
there before. And he captioned
these rc-rnus, "Re-drawn by re
quest." I always wondered where those
requests came from. And finally,
I found out. They weren't from
His ever-loving public. Nor from
his grateful and admiring boss.
Not even from the cheerful help
mate who shared his bed and
board.
The re-runs were requested by
of all people the artist, him
self. I guess he had his bad days,
names on
The Department of Motor Ve-i
hides has released from Salem1
names of 328 drivers whose licens
es were ordered supended in the
period beginning June 1 and end-!
ing June 5. There are 12 Central'
Oregon names on the list. They
follow:
Crook county: Clayton C. Bax-j
ter, 35, Plinevillo, driving while1
under influence of intoxicants. II-j
cense suspeneded !K) days. Charles !
McFarland, Jr , 3.1, Princviile. I
driving while under influence, sus
pended 60 days. Rolwrt R. Ebbert,
18, Princviile, driving record, sus-1
ponded 60 days. j
Deschutes: Cecil K. Kupp. driv
ing while license suspended, sus-'
pended one year. James E. I
Raines, 36, Terrebonne, driving1
while under Influence, suspended
one year: Richard P. Wilson. 52,!
Bend, driving while under influ-1
ence, suspended 00 days. Denisel
June Conway, 18, Redmond. fail-
ure to pass examination, suspend-'
ed one year. :
Jefferson: Mike Teeman. 37,'
Warm Springs, no operator's li-l
cense, suspended one year 'driv-'
er's license had been suspended); L
Lloyd Clements. Warm Springs,
and Roland K a 1 a m a , Warm
Springs, failure to provide proof
of financial responsibility, license
susended.
The department said some of
the licenses may have been rein
stated after the suspension was
ordered.
Jury indicts
union members
HENDERSON, N.C. (UPI) -Eight
union members, indicted on
charges of conspiring to dynamite
a power company substation and
cripple a textile plant, appear in
court today for arraignment.
The true bills were returned
Monday by a 15 member grand
jury against Boy Payton, Caro
lina's director of the striking Tex
tile Workers' Union of America
(AFL-CIOi, and seven other un
ion members. Bond was' set at
$15,000 each.
Indications are a special term
of court will be called to hear
the cases after arraignment, but
it appeared unlikely the court
would convene this week. If con
victed the men each could get up
to 45 years in prison, or 15 years
for each of the three charges
against them.
The State Bureau nf Investiga
tion signed warrants against Pay
ton. Lawrence Gore, Charles Aus
lander, Calvin Ray Pegram, Rob
ert Edward Abbott, Warren Walk
er and Malcolm Jarrcll. The
warrants were served on all" but
Gore and "Auslander, who were
scheduled to appear in court to
day. The indictments specifically
charge the men with conspiring
to dynamite the Carolina Power
and Light Co. substation transfor
mer, to destroy the main mill of
fice building and blast a boiler
room at one of the mills.
i too. Times when he just couldn't
; put pen to paper, and come up
with a fresh idea,
i As one who is charged with the
responsibility of filling a given
space with sometlnng, ah yes,
anything 156 times a year, I
I have more than sympathy for the
, artist, rest his soul. Yes, friend,
more than sympathy under
standing, and compassion. You
might even say. with him I share
! the milk of human kindness. j
j On just such, a day as one when !
I the artist ran a re-run and a
! columnist looks through his scrap-j
book and can find not so much asj
one idea he can steal from him-j
self he is grateful, indeed, to'
find an interesting hand-out in the
mail. Like the one about birds, :
from the National Geographic
News Bulletin. . j
It says here, many birds have!
come to regard cities as wonder-1
ful clusters of caves, cliffs, andj
convenient aids to living. Take the i
woodpecker, for instance. i
This bird with the built-in pneu
matic drill has discovered the tel-1
PARATROOPER DIES
FT. CAMPBELL, Ky. (UPI)-j
A Laconia. N.H., paratrooper died !
here Monday of injuries received
while making his fifth and final j
qualifying parachute jump. Pfc.
Robert L. Andrews. 19. suffered
head injuries in the jump last!
week. His chute functioned prop-l
erly, officials said, but he made'
no effort to free himself of his
harness when he landed. I
evision antenna. As an instrument
for the woodpecker's early -morning
concerts, the metal antenna
can hardly be surpassed by the
most resounding tree.
(The woodpecker, by the way,
is not hunting for grubs. He seeks
a lady-love. As naturalist John
Burroughs explained, "Among all
the woodpeckers the drum playi
an important part in the match
making. The male takes up his
stand on a dry, resonant limb or
the ridgeboard of a building, and
beats the loudest. call he is cap
able of.")
There's lots more about bird
antics.
Gulls have learned to break
open clams by dropping them on
the boardwalks of seaside resorts
. . .A London wren nested beneath
the running board of a bus that
made daily trips to Swanley,
Swanley, Kent . .In South Afri
ca, a mountain chat constructed
its home and raised a family be
neath a railroad coach that rack
eted back and forth daily on a 62
mile run. . .A pigeon in New York
fashioned an ultramodern nest en
tirely of paperclips.
By and large, birds find people
tolerant of their eccentric nest
ing. When a sparrow built a horns
in the boom of a mobile crane in
Trenton, Ontario, the operator tap
ed the nest securely and went
right on with his job of moving
heavy equipment.
And at Calico Farm, the canar
ies are back in the poplar tree,
God's in his heaven, all's right
with the world!
jummer
school
iraws
35 f
rom
Crook county
Special to The Bulletin
PRINEVILI.E-Mrs. Lois Chris
tian, home economics agent, an
nounced today that 35 young 4-H
club monitors will leave Princ
viile Saturday, June 13. by bus for
Corvallis to attend 4-H summer
school.
Each of the boys and girls has
been chosen for outstanding 4-H
work, and has received a scholar
ship to the school.
Accompanying Ihe young peo
ple will be Mrs. Christian and Gus
Woods, county extension agent.
Woods will return to his office in
Prineville, but Mrs. Christian
will remain at the summer school
to teach a class there.
The extension office also an
nounces that 4-H summer camp
will be held for any Crook county
4-H members who wish to attend.
at Suttle Lake for the week fol
lowing the Fourth of July. The of
fice urges that those 4-H Clubbers
who plan lo attend register at the
extension office, county court-'
house, at the earliest opportunity.
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