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Compiled by the Deschutes
County Historical Society from
the archived copies of The Bul-
letin at the Deschutes Historical
Museum
100 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
April 10, 1921
Water is thrown 100 feet in air
Outdoor drill was held yes-
terday for the first time this
year by the Bend fire depart-
ment, the engine being taken
out for a practice run. The
pumper was tuned up almost
to its capacity, throwing a
stream of water more than 100
feet in the air against a heavy
wind. The pressure reached
was 260 pounds to the square
inch and water was “Siamese”
from two lines into one, giving
additional force.
A number of hydrants were
inspected in the downtown
district, a run being made to
each and connections made.
The steamer suctions for. Con-
necting the pumper to the
large hydrant openings were
attached for the first time and
found practicable.
Says all sheep must be dipped
All sheep in Deschutes and
Lake counties must be dipped
once this spring, whether or
not they are infected with any
disease, according to the an-
nouncement made by the state
veterinarian, Dr. W.H. Lytle,
before leaving Bend Saturday
for his headquarters at Salem.
Those found infected must
be dipped twice, or until cured,
according to the state law, Dr.
Lytle stated. No sheep will be
admitted into the national for-
ests without a dipping certifi-
cate. Dr. R. A. Parsons, govern-
ment inspector, superintended
the dipping of 1900 ewes and
lambs for William McCormack
of Deschutes Saturday.
La Pine woman pioneer dead
Mrs. W. H. Hollinshead, pi-
oneer woman of Central Or-
egon, died yesterday at her
home at La Pine at the age of
60, arterio sclerosis being the
cause of death. She and her
husband settled in the vicinity
of what is now La Pine nearly
30 years ago.
Mrs. Hollinshead is survived
by her husband and three sons,
William, Cecil and Dean, all
living at La Pine. Her girlhood
home was at Independence,
Ore., her maiden name being
Ella Osborn. The past winter
Mrs. Hollinshead spent at Mar-
cola, Ore., with her sister-in-
law, Mrs. S.N. Templeton, who
passed through Bend today on
her way to attend the funeral.
Mrs. Hollinshead was taken ill
shortly after her return to La
Pine, several weeks ago.
Funeral services were to be
held this afternoon at La Pine.
Favors Crater Lake company
WASHINGTON, D.C.—
Stephen T. Mather, director of
the national park service, when
his attention was called to the
organization of a company to
put Crater Lake, Ore., on the
map, with every facility for
comfort and enjoyment at this
great natural monument, was
delighted, and said everything
possible will be done to co-
operate with the Oregon men
who have undertaken this task.
“Reports from H.M. Al-
bright, superintendent of Yel-
lowstone national park and
field assistant to the director,
on the results of the meetings
in Portland under auspices
of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce, have greatly en-
couraged our efforts to have
the Crater Lake national park
take its proper place as one of
the greatest tourist attractions
in the United States,” said Mr.
Mather today.
75 YEARS AGO
50 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
April 10, 1946
For the week ending
April 10, 1971
Church planning large addition
Plans for the construction of
an annex to the First Presbyte-
rian church of Bend at an esti-
mated cost of $25,000 have been
approved by the congregation, it
was announced here today. This
annex will provide space for sev-
eral class rooms and a recreation
room, and will be a part of the
church, at the corner of Franklin
and Harriman.
Crowded conditions of Sun-
day school, youth, adult and
other social programs makes
the need for additional space
apparent, officials of the church
have announced, Rev. R.H.
Prentice reviewed the expan-
sion plans prior to his depar-
ture for his new pastorate in
Helena, Mont., and gave them
his full approval, as did the con-
gregation at its annual meeting.
The architectural design
for the annex, worked out by
Seaton Smith, will conform
with the present structure.
The annex will be attached to
the south end of the present
church, and will cover a consid-
erable part of the vacant lot for-
merly used for wood storage.
Easter egg hunt is set
Reviving an old Easter Sun-
day sport which has not been
indulged in here since the war
began, the board of directors of
the Lions club today announced
that an Easter egg hunt will be
conducted in Drake Park on
April 21. This event in previous
years always attracted hundreds
of children to the park where
prizes were given for the finding
of the eggs.
Sisters favors incorporation
By a vote of 115 to 61, res-
idents of Sisters yesterday
approved the move to incor-
porate this rapidly growing
Deschutes county town, and
this afternoon the ballots were
being taken to the county court
in Bend for the official canvass.
There are 389 eligible voters in
the Sisters precinct, No. 15 of
Deschutes county, but not all of
these were eligible to ballot in
the incorporation election.
Voters were challenged at
the polls, to determine their
place of residence, and it will
be up to the county court to
ascertain whether all who cast
ballots reside within the limits
to be included in the incorpo-
rated town.
The move to incorporate Sis-
ters originated last fall when a
fire district, one of the require-
ments under state law, was ap-
proved. Later, various other ben-
efits were held to defray costs of
the special election. In February,
petitions were circulated, calling
for a special election.
Headlines: Aerial speeds of
2700 miles per hour believed
possible — Battle experienced
veterans become lost lambs in
wild home buying scramble in
U.S. —President warns of
possible conflict in Near East;
U.S will be New Era target — 65
cent minimum wage bill now
faces Truman veto — Public
Health Nurse week set aside
Local author to teach fiction
Central Oregon residents
who are interested in fiction
writing will have an opportu-
nity to learn the techniques
from a real “pro.”
Dwight Newton of Bend will
be teaching an evening non-
credit course, “Writing Popular
Novels and Short Stories.” He
has written and sold 49 novels
and some 175 magazine stories.
The course is sponsored by the
Continuing Education Depart-
ment through Central Oregon
Community College.The class
will meet nine Tuesdays from 7
to 10 p.m., beginning April 13
in the Deschutes Building on
the COCC campus. Cost is $15.
The course will cover market
tips, manuscript preparation
and techniques including plot-
ting, and the handling of scene
setting, description and action,
for both short stories and nov-
els. Critiques of lesions and
other material prepared by class
members will be included.
Newton has been published
by nearly every paperback pub-
lisher in the country, and in
hard covers by Doubleday. He
writes historical novels under
the pen name of Dwight Ben-
nett. Titles include “Cherokee
Outlet” (1961), “Oregon Rifles”
(1962), “Crooked River Can-
yon” (1966) and “Legend in the
Dust” (1970. His 50th book,
which he is now completing, is
“The Big Land,” an historical
novel about Canyon City and
the shooting of Chief Paulina.
From 1957 to 1960 Newton
worked in Hollywood as origi-
nal story writer and story con-
sultant for TV shows including
“Wagon Trail,” “Death Val-
ley Days” and “Tales of Wells
Fargo.”
Sale ends Oregon Trail
operations
Almost 30 years of activ-
ity at Bend’s Oregon Trail Box
Co., came to a close today at
a liquidation auction of all of
the company’s equipment and
supplies.
The sale signalled the end of
operation for the firm, which
effectively closed its doors a
month ago, according to its
president, William A. Ni-
skanen, Sr.
“We started reducing pro-
duction last fall, but we’ve
been completely down about a
month,” he said.
Niskanen said the firm em-
ployed about 150 persons in
its peak periods, but in recent
months staff was reduced to
100.
The company began mak-
ing boxes in 1942, he said, but
stopped the box business in
1946. Since then, the firm has
been busy producing parts for
wooden toys, and doing gen-
eral millwork and lumber cut-
ting for other manufacturers.
The market for their prod-
ucts has decreased in recent
years, he said and could not
justify entering into a new lease
for the buildings that make up
the firm’s plant at the foot of
Broadway. The buildings are
owned by Brooks-Scanlon Co.
SOLUTION TO
TODAY’S SUDOKU
SOLUTION TO TODAY’S
JUMBLE
25 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
April 10, 1996
Rents out of reach for many
A Home. It’s the most basic
of necessities. Yet in Central
Oregon, where housing costs
are among the highest in the
state, it’s also one of the least at-
tainable.
Every day countless families
make do in shacks, tents, cars.
As inclines stall and rents climb,
a growing number of working
poor families find themselves
making do with nothing at all,
said Michelle Stewart, a hous-
ing advocate for Central Oregon
Community Action Agency
Network. “It’s pretty bad,” Stew-
art said. “Rents are just out of
reach for most families.”
State and federal guidelines
say families should pay only
30 percent of their incomes in
rent. For a family of four earn-
ing half the median income
— more than 43 percent in
the Bend area — that means
they can afford only $447 in
rent. Yet, the median rent for
a four-person family is $840,
according to a survey by ap-
praiser Mike Caba.
“By the time you take ser-
vice-job wages and pay utilities
and everything else you have to
pay, you just can’t do it,” Stewart
said. “That’s especially true if
you have kids and you’re a sin-
gle parent.” Although scores of
families struggle with the lack
of affordable housing, Stewart
said many don’t even realize
there’s a problem.
“People don’t see it so they
don’t realize it’s here,” she said.
“The person at the bank or the
person taking your order may
be living in a car or a tent.” It’s
a reality Stewart learned first
hand six years ago. For six
months she lived in what was
then the Pilot Butte Motor Inn
emergency shelter, which was
run by Deschutes County. It
has since closed and federal
funds for emergency rental
assistance are drying up. Last
year, the area received $64,000
in emergency assistance. This
year it got about $19,000.
The emergency shelters that
are available aren’t enough, ei-
ther St. Vincent de Paul offers
six cabins for three months and
six more with no time limit, but
the cabins are almost always full.
Bend Aid and other organiza-
tions offer hotel vouchers, but
they’re good for only three days.
“It’s going to take the commu-
nity caring enough about peo-
ple to help in whatever way they
can,” she said.”To beat this, ev-
erybody is going to have to pull
together and help somehow.”
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