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Tumalo groups support eugenics bill in 1921
Compiled by the Deschutes
County Historical Society from
the archived copies of the Bulle-
tin at the Deschutes Historical
Museum
100 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
March 27, 1921
Soundings for Deschutes
diversion dam will be taken
Arrangements to take
soundings preliminary to the
construction of a new diver-
sion dam in the Deschutes
river, are being made by J.M.
Griffin assistant engineer for
the Tumalo irrigation district.
The dam is to be located about
600 yards below the county
bridge, at the old Linster mill
site, and is another step in the
new development program of
the district. Approximately six
feet in height, the dam will be
of concrete and will be planned
to take care of a canal which
will have a 300 second feet ca-
pacity. No figures have as yet
been compiled regarding the
cost.
Eugenics advocate pitches bill
to receptive Tumalo crowd
Club women throughout
Deschutes county are becom-
ing increasingly interested
in the marriage bill which
passed the legislature and
which will be referred to the
people at the coming special
election, reports from vari-
ous organizations show. Dr.
Owens-Adair, author of the
measure, who is concluding
her stay in Bend this week,
has spoken before practically
every women’s club in the
county, and has found them
all anxious to support the bill
and help in turning in a big
Deschutes county majority
for it.
Last week Dr. Adair spoke
before a large audience of
women at the community
church in Tumalo, explain-
ing her bill. Great interest was
manifested in the measure, and
when a rising vote was taken,
it was found that if the ideas
of the women of Tumalo are
representative of those held
throughout the state, the bill
will pass the referendum with-
out difficulty.
The O.D.O club, the Tumalo
Study club and the Tillicum,
all of Tumalo and the vicinity,
are among the organizations
which will support Dr. Adair’s
work in the advancement of
eugenics.
Bend’s sewers get a cleaning
The annual spring cleaning
of Bend’s sewer system is in
progress. Two men are at work
going over the entire system,
two weeks being required to
complete the job, under the di-
rection of city Engineer R. B.
Gould.
Traveler’s to Bend in peril
Bend passengers narrowly
escaped being in a serious
wreck at Lyle Monday night,
according to Fire Chief Tom
Carlon, who was on the S.P. &
S train which was delayed by
the slide on the main line.
The through train, carrying
the Bend coaches, was pulling
alongside the local at the time
of the accident, in which the
engine of the latter was over-
turned and Engineer Bend F.
Coyne killed, says chief Car-
lon and warnings signaled
from the local were all that
prevented the heavier and
faster train from striking the
slide at full speed.
Chief Carlon saw the over-
turned engine and derailed
baggage cars, but as it was
dark, could tell little of the
damage inflicted. The train
on which he was a passenger
returned to Portland, came
up to Celilo on the O. & W.
track, and switched back to
Fallbridge. The Bend train left
Fallbridge at 7 o’clock, after
which the passengers were un-
able to obtain food until they
reached Bend at 2:30 o’clock in
the afternoon.
Railroad men here are of
the opinion that Engineer
Coyne lost his life in saving
the lives of passengers and
others, staying with the cab
long enough to shut off steam
and set the air brakes.
75 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
March 27, 1946
Longtime Sisters business
gets new owners
On March 1 one of the old-
est business establishments in
Sisters, the Aitken drug store,
opened its doors under new
management. For 34 years the
store was operated by its own-
ers, Mr and Mrs. George E.
Aitken, with Mrs. Aitken car-
rying on the business after her
husband’s death in 1944.
The Aitkens were among
the pioneer settlers of Sisters,
witnessing its growth from a
few scattered ranches to the
modern, thriving commu-
nity of today. Twenty years
ago their business was almost
completely destroyed in the di-
sastrous fire which swept this
Santiam McKenzie town leav-
ing only two buildings undam-
aged. But in the spirit of the
times, the Aitkens rebuilt the
store and began anew.
Today the modernized store
is being operated by Richard
Day, owner of Day’s cafe before
his entry into the armed forces.
SC2/c Day served in the navy
for 20 months aboard a mine-
sweeper stationed at Pearl Har-
bor. He received his discharge
Dec. 7, 1945, and returned to
Sisters seeking a new place of
business. After conferring with
Mrs. Aitken, arrangements
were made for the purchase of
the drug store.
Mrs. Aitken and her son,
Donald, a student at Sisters
high school, have purchased a
new home and plan to remain
in Sisters.
Shevlin plant strike looms
A strike which threatens
to tie up all the operations of
Upheaval in committee for
The Shevlin-Hixon Company
fair rent in Bend
here and in the woods was or-
dered today by
Substanti-
officials of the
ating recent
International
reports of dis-
Declaring that
Woodwork-
sension within
ers of America
the ranks of
“sterner measures
(CIO) unless
the group, four
are needed” to
the company
members of the
meets requests
Bend fair rents
control
Bend’
s
rents,
that the man-
committee to-
the four members
agement dis-
day tendered
charge several
their resignation
hinted that the city
employes or
to Mayor A.T.
have them join
Niebergall and
should invite the
the union. The
members of the
OPA here to cope
union has set
city commis-
6:15 a.m. next
sion. The mem-
with
the
problem
Monday as the
bers are Paul K.
since “rents are
time for the
Rukaveno, Rob-
strike unless
ert E. Burleigh,
being raised every
the company
George I. Hun-
accedes to the
day in Bend without dley and Claude
demands in the
Green.
any cessation.”
meantime.
Rukaveno
Company
and Hund-
officials, main-
ley sat on the
taining that a national war
rents committee as represen-
labor board directive order-
tatives of war veterans, while
ing the non-union men back
Burleigh and Green repre-
into the ranks of the IWA is
sented the public at large.
invalid, issued a statement
There are three other mem-
bers of the committee who are
saying that the company is
landlords, and the chairman is
willing to submit the matter
Horace Badger.
to arbitration, provided the
In their letter of resignation,
union would do likewise, and
like the company abide by the the four members charged a
lack of cooperation among
decision.
Bend landlords, told of the
The employes in question
were said to be those who quit discord within the committee
and took a veiled slap at the
the union during an “escape
Property Owners association
period,” and the company
of Bend. This latter organiza-
holds that it will neither dis-
tion recently adopted a reso-
charge them or order them
lution refusing access to the
into the union.
property of its members on
the grounds that the fair rents
committee was composed of
“trespassers.”
Declaring that “sterner
measures are needed” to con-
trol Bend’s rents, the four
members hinted that the city
should invite the OPA here to
cope with the problem since
“rents are being raised every
day in Bend without any ces-
sation.”
Bend’s Mayor. A.E. Moody
was on hand, as a traditional
touch. He cut a ribbon as an-
other. A brass band and cheer-
leaders from the high school,
backed by sign-waving, but
shivering, supporters com-
pleted the picture.
The new-dangled frills were
not so successful.
An airplane, set to fly over
the crowd and let loose bal-
loons loaded with prizes, flew
over too fast and the balloons
burst before they reached the
ground. Also, the loudspeaker
system failed to function un-
til the last few minutes of the
rally.
Undaunted by these failures
of aeronautics and electron-
ics, the team and the rest of
its retinue mounted the bus
for the trip to Portland, high
in hopes of returning with the
AAA division trophy. This is
the 14th such tournament for
the Bears, and the first since
1967. The team won second
place in the tourney in 1944,
and a third place in 1949, but
has never brought home a first
place trophy.
First game for the Bears
is set for tomorrow night at
7:30 at the Portland Memorial
Coliseum, against the High-
landers of North Eugene High
School.
Sign advertises Bend’s water
Bend’s drinking water, al-
ready known in all sections
of the country, bids fair to
become more famous as the
result of a move made by the
Junior chamber of commerce.
Today the young men erected
the following sign in front of
the Chamber of Commerce
and over the lava based drink-
ing fountain there, reading:
“The Bend Jaycees Invite
You to Have a Drink of the
Finest Water in the World.”
The Invitation is painted in at-
tractive, large letters on a sign
of Central Oregon pine for
feet square, and is readily vis-
ible to tourists driving along
Wall Street a block away. The
sign was made by the McCann
Sign service.
50 YEARS AGO
Headlines
U.S. warplanes attack North
Vietnam targets — Old Ya-
quina Bay Lighthouse is 100
years old — Warm Spring
Indians seeking to regain
disputed McQuinn strip —
Sinatra to retire from show
business — ‘Zodiac’ sends
note claiming ‘Victim 12’.
For the week ending
March 27, 1971
It’s off to state basketball
tournament for Lava Bears
The March wind blew cold
but hearts were warm this
morning as Bend boosters
gave the Lava Bears a spirited
sendoff to the state basket-
ball tournament in Portland.
An estimated 200 persons
turned out for the ceremonies,
set in the Bend Plaza park-
ing lot. The rally a mixture of
old-time tradition and a few
new-fangled twists, hopefully
will cheer Bend’s 12-man team
to victory at the five-day tour-
nament.
25 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
March 27, 1996
Blaze claims Sisters Rodeo
clubhouse
Officials suspect that old
brochures and beer tokens
stacked against the furnace
led to a fire that destroyed
the clubhouse on the Sisters
Rodeo Association grounds
Sunday night. Firefight-
ers managed to save several
valuable paintings and a belt
buckle collection from the
clubhouse, but the building
itself was destroyed in the
blaze.
Cloverdale Rural Fire De-
partment Chief Chuck Cable
said the combustibles around
and against the furnace prob-
ably started the fire, which
began late Sunday afternoon.
More than half the building
was on fire when 911 was
called about 9 p.m.
A caretaker living on the
grounds was home, but
wasn’t aware of the blaze until
it was well involved. No one
was injured in the fire.
It took 17 volunteer fire-
fighters from Cloverdale and
several from the Sisters Fire
Department more than two
hours to get the blaze under
control, Cable said.
One engine from the Clo-
verdale department remained
at the scene overnight to
watch for any flare-ups.
The building, which was
owned by the association
and housed the rodeo of-
fices, was insured and will be
rebuilt, said John Leavitt, the
rodeo association’s vice-pres-
ident. Leavitt did not know
the dollar value of the build-
ing.
“It will not affect the rodeo
at all,” Leavitt declared this
morning.
“We will have a new build-
ing up by rodeo time.” The
annual rodeo is scheduled for
June 7-9.
Leavitt said the building,
which was only a few years
old, was used for meetings
and rented out for parties and
weddings during the off-sea-
son.
The clubhouse included
the association’s offices, a
kitchen, and a meeting room.
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