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Land swap may stall scenic drive on Pilot Butte in 1996
Compiled by the Deschutes
County Historical Society
from the archived copies of
The Bulletin at the Deschutes
Historical Museum
100 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
April 17, 1921
Father braves fire peril to
save children
Clad only in night attire,
R.G. Hensley sustained se-
vere burns on the shoul-
ders, back and neck when
he rushed through fire and
smoke last night to rescue
his children from his burn-
ing home, seven miles from
Bend on the Bear Creek
road. Mrs. Hensley narrowly
escaped death in making her
way from the burning build-
ing. Hensley is being cared
for at the nearby home of
Charles Hoech. He will re-
cover.
The explosion of a lamp
used to warm a brooder kept
in the house is thought to
have started the fire shortly
before midnight, but no ab-
solute information on this
point is available. Hensley
was awakened by smoke and,
not realizing the extent of the
fire, went outside for water,
believing that the blaze could
be overcome.
The fire, however, had
gained such headway as
to render futile any efforts
which he might make, and
he ran through the flames to
save the two children, one
four years the other one year
old. Neither was harmed.
The house, valued at about
$2000, and its contents are a
total loss.
Silver Lake to have creamery
Transfer of the Fort Rock
creamery to the Silver Lake
Cooperative creamery was
completed yesterday in Bend.
The Silver Lake concern is a
new company, recently or-
ganized with a capital stock
of $5000. The deal was ar-
ranged by H.M. Pease and
Harvey Crampton, president
and secretary of the Fort
Rock creamery, and Louis
Bennett and Guy Martin,
holding similar offices in the
new company.
The creamery will be
moved immediately to Silver
Lake and operations will be
commenced as soon as pos-
sible. Members of the new
organization now own 400
cows where, two years ago,
there were no dairy cows in
that district. Cream has been
sold meanwhile to the Fort
Rock creamery.
Interest in dairying has
been aided by the formation
of an irrigation district at Sil-
ver Lake, for which bonds
have been voted and are now
ready for sale. The district in-
cludes 8000 acres of irrigable
land. Experimental growth
of alfalfa on small tracts has
shown good results. The soil
is similar to that near Bend.
Two good groups of alfalfa
are expected each season.
Cannon to be gift for city
Senator Charles l. McNary
has arranged for two-inch
cannons to be presented to the
cities of Bend and Pendleton.
The guns, now at Benicia ar-
senal, California, weigh about
one ton each with equipment.
The securing of a cannon
for Bend is a matter to which
Senator McNary has devoted
some time since his aid was
asked by a special commit-
tee of Percy A. Stevens Post,
American Legion, early in the
winter. The post had origi-
nally desired to secure two
artillery pieces for memorial
purposes.
75 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
April 17, 1946
Rush work due on field house
at Bruin field
Bend’s school board expects
to have the new field house
at the high school athletic
field ready for use by July 15.
Architect’s plans, with slight
modifications, were approved
by the directors at their meet-
ing at the high school last
night and specifications were
ordered prepared as the basis
for an early call for bids.
First use may be by the
Brooklyn Dodgers pro foot-
ballers whose management
has already manifest interest
in coming here for summer
training. The board gave the
green light on this also, voting
unanimously to lend field and
field house to the Dodgers for
a month.
Pageant park filling work
nears finish
City employes today were
completing the filling in and
leveling of Pageant park at the
west end of the foot bridge,
and steps will be taken shortly
for seeding it to lawn, it was
announced today by City
manager C.G. Reiter. He said
that he hoped to have the park
in readiness for use this sum-
mer.
Plans call for the building
of a concrete retaining wall
along the river’s bank, and the
possible construction of a boat
loading ramp. Plans for the
ramp are to be discussed with
officials of the Bend Stampede
and Water Pageant associa-
tion, it was said.
Bend pole vaulter sets new
mark in triangular meet
Coach Claude Cook’s Lava
bear Trachmen invaded
Crook county yesterday af-
ternoon to roll up a decisive
victory over Prineville and
Redmond and set another
new mark in the second trian-
gular track meet of the 1946
season. Bend registered 72
points while Redmond and
Prineville, almost neck and
neck the whole time, ended up
with 39-1/2 and 37-1/2 points
respectively.
George Rasmussen, who set
a new Lava Bear record of 12
feet 3 inches, in the pole vault
last Friday at Redmond, went
himself one better yesterday
to top the state record with a
vault of 12 feet 6 inches. The
tall Bend lad cleared the mark
with so little difficulty that
the fans are of the opinion he
would have gone even higher
if the bar could have been
raised. The 12 foot, 6 inch
height was the maximum pos-
sible with the supports being
used yesterday.
Minto pass burn planting
started
A crew of ten men today
began the experimental plant-
ing of small trees on approxi-
mately 30 acres of land burned
over last summer in the disas-
trous Minto pass fire, it was
reported at headquarters of
the Deschutes national forest.
Lanes were first made through
the area with a bulldozer pre-
paratory to the planting.
Ponderosa pine trees two
years of age are being planted,
and the crew intends to use
20,000 of the trees in the ex-
periment.
Meantime the Tite Knot
Pine mill of Redmond is mak-
ing good progress in logging
off some of the Minto pass
area, salvaging as much as
60,0000 board feet of timber
daily, it was reported.
Headlines: President Truman,
observing anniversary of
death of FDR, pledges full
support for UN — North
Santiam dam to be 5th
highest in all U.S; completion
expected in 1950 — Senate
approves housing program —
Butter shortage may ease
some
50 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
April 17, 1971
Robber takes cash from Bend
grocer
An armed robber stole
$8,069 Saturday night from
Jim Peterson, 46 co-owner of
Consumer’s Market, 111 E.
Emerson Ave., as he was pre-
paring to make a night de-
posit at the U.S. National Bank
about 9:30.
The man, estimated to
about 30 years old, forced Pe-
terson back into Peterson’s
pickup as he prepared to step
from the vehicle to make the
deposit.
The robber, holding a re-
volver on Peterson with his
left hand and driving with his
right, then drove out Skyliner’s
Road west of Bend. About two
miles from the city, he stopped
the pickup and told Peterson:
“This is where you get out.”
Peterson hiked back to
town and called city police
from the first house he came
to on Galveston Avenue.
Police a few minutes later
found the pickup abandoned
in the 1600 block on Galves-
ton. the two money bags that
Peterson had planned to de-
posit had been slit open. The
robber had taken the cash, but
had left a quantity of checks.
In recalling the robbery to-
day, Peterson said the man
wore a snap brim hat and
plaid jacket and was “tense but
cool.”
Peterson told police that
he had left the market shortly
before 8 o’clock with an-
other store employe and had
stopped for a couple of drinks
at a cocktail lounge on South
Third Street before driving
downtown to make the de-
posit.
The money stolen by the
robber represented the mar-
ket’s Saturday receipts and
several special weekend de-
posits. Peterson said the mar-
ket carries robbery insurance.
Detective Bob Burleigh, who
is conducting the investiga-
tion, said it was the biggest
sum he could recall stolen in
an armed robbery in the 20
years he has been a member of
the police department.
25 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
April 17, 1996
Land swap may stall scenic
drive
A proposed land swap be-
tween the city of Bend and
state of Oregon could be the
first step toward limiting vehi-
cle access to the road winding
to the top of Pilot Butte. The
land swap has renewed discus-
sion about annexation of state-
owned Pilot Butte State Park
to the city to provide access
to city police, fire, water and
sewer services. And if the butte
is annexed, Bend Police Chief
Dave Malkin wants the road
closed at 5 p.m each day, seven
days a week. Otherwise, he
said, vandalism, noise drink-
ing and littering problems put
too much demand on police
services.
Lt. Larry Blanton of the De-
schutes County Sheriff’s De-
partment, which currently has
jurisdiction on the butte, said
problems on the butte seem to
run in spurts. Most calls relate
to noise and underage drink-
ing, with the volume increas-
ing sharply during the sum-
mer, he said.
Bend City Manager Larry
Patterson said the frequency
of trouble on the butte would
pull police officers from other
duties.
“The problem is using valu-
able time and police hours,
“Patterson said. “If we’re going
to do this, and take on the re-
sponsibility , it needs to fit in
with the city’s resources.” How-
ever, residents who visit the
butte regularly oppose closure
of the road to vehicle traffic in
the evening hours. “I’d rather
have them police it a little
tighter and keep it open,” said
Steve McIntyre, who was walk-
ing the butte Monday with his
wife, Debbie. McIntyre said
he typically drives up five or
six times a year with friends
and relatives to show them the
view. He said he would hate to
see that cut off.
Some seniors have another
concern. They fear their health
will keep them from viewing
the city at night if the road is
closed.
The state Department of
Parks and Recreation, which
oversees operation of the site,
may order a nightly road clo-
sure even if the butte is not
annexed, said Manager Cur-
tis Smith. “We’ll still consider
closing no later than dusk,”
Smith said. “But it’s possible
that’s too big a pill to swallow,”
he acknowledged.
In the meantime, the pro-
posed land swap holds center
stage.
The swap would transfer
state land on the west and
south sides to the city and city
land on the east side to the
state. The city land being eyed
for transfer to the state has al-
ready been annexed, spurring
renewed talk about annexation
of the current state holdings
as well.
Smith said the state would
use the city land for a new ac-
cess route and parking lot. Pat-
terson and the city would site
a large water storage tank on
the state land, displacing the
existing parking lot and access
route.
If the swap goes through,
work could begin this summer
on the new facilities.
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