The BulleTin • Sunday, June 13, 2021 C7
YESTERYEAR
Deschutes Land Trust acquires first property in 1996
Compiled by the Deschutes
County Historical Society from
the archived copies of The
Bulletin at the Deschutes His-
torical Museum
100 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
June 12, 1921
War veterans’ bonus bill
is popular here
The extreme popularity of
the World war veteran’s state
aid measure in Bend was ev-
idenced Saturday night at the
rally held under the auspices
of the American Legion on
the corner of Minnesota and
Wall streets, following a parade
participated in by the Shevlin-
Hixon band and over 100
ex-service men.
From the large truck which
served as a speakers’ stand a
number of local men told of
the advantages of the bill. An
audience was present which
filled the street and sidewalks
for some distance.
Between the speakers, the
crowd was entertained by
musical numbers, first by the
band, then by Wilson George’s
orchestra. Malcolm Connolly
was prevailed upon, after a foot
race to escape, to give a “jazz”
demonstration on the piano.
Coming as a surprise at the
end of the program, it was an-
nounced that the Legion would
entertain at a free dance at the
Hippodrome. Wilson George’s
orchestra furnished the music.
“Straddling” signs punishable
“Persons who straddle the
new intersection monitors with
their cars will be prosecuted,”
announces Chief of Police R.
H. Fox. “There is no more ex-
cuse for running over the new
signs than there was for cutting
inside the old ones.”
Just at this time, when pav-
ing is making a change in the
traffic problems of the city, Fox
declares a good time to tighten
up on all violations, and he is-
sues a warning that tail lights
should be burning at night on
all cars.
Many are now using library
That use of the Deschutes
county library has more than
doubled during the past year is
shown in the monthly report
for May, which gives the total
number of books borrowed
during the month as 2079,
against 892 for May last year.
As compared with the old
city library, the difference is
even more startling. In Janu-
ary this year, the record month
since the county library was
started, the number of books
borrowed was 2632, against
351 in the city library a year
previous.
Use of books by the two
branch libraries, at Redmond
and Terrebonne, is also grat-
ifying, says Miss Ethel West-
fall, librarian. During May the
Redmond branch loaned 375
books and 177 were borrowed
at Terrebonne. In addition,
a large number of books are
sent out on mailed orders to all
parts of the county. While the
schools were in session they
borrowed large numbers of
volumes.
While no accurate record
can be kept of the number of
visitors at the library who do
not borrow books, they consti-
tute a larger part of the library’s
patronage than do the borrow-
ers, Miss Westfall declares.
Tumalo may have cheese factory
Dairymen, owning more
than 400 cows within 10 miles
of Tumalo, are investigating the
possibility of raising funds to
build and operate a cheese fac-
tory. A committee has been ap-
pointed for the purpose, and is
working with the Bend Com-
mercial club on this matter.
After an investigation of condi-
tions here and in regions where
cheese is manufactured in large
quantities, the dairymen are
convinced that it is more prof-
itable than butter making.
75 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
June 12, 1946
Brooks-Scanlon ‘town’ moving
One of Central Oregon’s
portable towns, the big camp
of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber
Company Inc., today was be-
ing moved to its new location
west of Sisters in the area be-
tween the Santiam and McK-
enzie highways.
Since its establishment in
1916, the camp, formerly in
two divisions, has moved
nearly a dozen times. Five
years ago, the transient village
was set up six miles west of
Bend near Bull springs, the site
now being vacated.
The current move, the sec-
ond since logging operations
were begun west of the De-
schutes river, will swell the
population of the recently-in-
corporated city of Sisters and
make it one of the county’s
liveliest centers. Joining the
McKenzie gateway city on the
west, the camp will become
part of an already-established
settlement for the first time in
its history.
The one and two room
frame buildings were loaded
on flatcars this morning for
the journey north to the new
location.
Despite the fact that their
own was being moved, com-
pany loggers today continued
work.
Alp hodcarriers’ union is
planned by Bend fireman
Ernie Gaspar, of the Bend
fire department, and Garold
A. Reid, of the police depart-
ment, have postponed an in-
ter-department fishing duel
and Gaspar is seeking support
in the organization of an alpine
hodcarriers’ union following a
recent trip to Sparks lake.
The two men, accompanied
by Bill Dickerson, made a 26-
mile round trip to the lake on
foot over deep snow which
blocks the North Century drive
below Dutchman’s flat. On ar-
riving at the lake they found it
still covered with ice and snow
and came back without wetting
a line.
On arriving at the car, which
had been left at the snowline,
Gaspar delved into his pack for
a sandwich and found it loaded
with bricks, which had been
“planted” in his sack before he
left Bend and were carried to
the lake and back.
Many try luck at Diamond lake
Traffic to Diamond lake this
morning for the opening of the
fishing season resembled that
of a metropolitan highway, ac-
cording to motorists arriving
in Bend from the south. No re-
ports on fishing were received.
The highway to the big rain-
bow lake on the Cascade divide
was opened this week and the
fishing season which began to-
day follows annual egg-taking
operations by the state game
commission.
Heavy fishing of Elk lake is
expected tomorrow, with the
South Century drive open to
within a few hundred yards
of the south end of the lake.
Heavy catches have been made
the past week by fishermen
who walked over the short re-
maining stretch of snow-cov-
ered road.
Bend’s rose festival entry and
huge lake trout make hit at
Portland floral fete
Bend’s rose festival float was
one of the favorites with the
crowd of 250,000 along the pa-
rade route in Portland Friday,
according to the float party
which returned Saturday eve-
ning and Sunday.
A 7 ½ -pound trout, caught
by Vic Plath last Wednesday at
East lake and carried by Helen
Raddatz on the float, created a
minor sensation at Multnomah
stadium before the parade.
Among the admirers of the
big fish was Lauritz Melchior,
Metropolitan opera star, who
insisted on having his picture
taken with the fish.
Newsreel cameras were
trained on the float at several
places along the line of march,
and the float was pictured in
Portland papers and festival
publications.
The big floral letters “Bend”
were visible for several blocks,
according to Howard J. Steib,
chamber of commerce man-
ager, and there was no hesita-
tion on the part of the crowd in
deciding whose entry it was.
Headlines: Synthetics give
natural fibers real competition
— Conservation to require
millions on Oregon farms —
London blitzed area searched
for traces of ancient city —
Jack Johnson, ex-world ring
champion, is killed in crash —
Burma in grip of reign of terror
— Cake use gains as bread lack
grows acute
50 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
June 12, 1971
COCC students receive
degrees, certificates
Ninety-five students re-
ceived degrees and certificates
at the 17th annual Central
Oregon Community College
commencement exercises in
the school’s new gymnasium
last night. In his commence-
ment address, Michael P. Hol-
lern, president of Brooks-Scan-
lon Inc., told the graduates
he hoped and expected that
“COCC has enhanced and en-
couraged your ability to think,
to find facts, to reason, to form
intelligent opinions and to act
on those opinions.” Noting
some of the concerns they will
face in the years ahead, Hol-
lern urged them neither to be
a “dropout from society nor a
stereotyped ‘organization man’.”
Either, he said, “will lead to a
pretty dull life.”
Film used in training
A new dimension has been
added to the training program
for smokejumpers at the U. S.
Forest Service Redmond Air
Center.
Portable video tape equip-
ment is being used to record
activities on the training field.
The equipment, owned by the
regional U. S. Forest Service of-
fice, records picture and voice
simultaneously. The tape is
then used during class period
to show trainees where they are
making mistakes.
$6.00
PLANT SALE
1,375 LOCALLY GROWN PLANTS
MUST BE SOLD
TWO DAYS ONLY
We grow all of our own plants in our tiny
nursery right here in Central Oregon.
You will appreciate the fact that most
of our plants have survived at least one
winter here. If you are NEW TO THE
AREA you will learn just how important
that can be. Our customers keep coming
back because our plants tend to come
back! We only have a few sales a year
and this one will be our last sale for this
season. Come by and see what we have
to offer. You will be glad you did.
Every plant is
priced at just $6.oo
Some of what you will find is
Lewisia, Coral Bells, Coneflower,
Rudbeckia, Veronica, Salvia, Dianthus,
Gaillardia, Hosta and many more!
Come out and have a look!
61566 Twin Lakes Loop, Bend
Off Reed Market and SE 15th Street
Friday, June 18
9 am–2 pm
Saturday, June 19
9 am–2 pm
Look for the neon yellow signs.
Jumpers are able to watch
themselves on the television
monitor, in slow motion or
stopped sequence, while in-
structors point out errors in
landing positions or other
techniques. Twelve trainees in
all received instruction. Most
important use for the new
equipment is for recording fire
behavior from airplanes during
forest holocausts.
Observers are able to rush
data back to fire bosses at base
camps for more speedy de-
cisions on fire fighting tech-
niques.
One unit of the porta-
ble equipment will be left at
Redmond Air Center for use
throughout the season.
25 YEARS AGO
For the week ending
June 12, 1996
Trust acquires an eye-catcher
A picture-postcard meadow
in Indian Ford has become the
first piece of property to land
under the protective umbrella
of a newly formed conserva-
tion group.
The Deschutes Basin Land
Trust recently acquired the sce-
nic parcel through the Oregon
Community Foundation. The
trust will manage it for its nat-
ural values and will maintain
public access to the property.
The 60-acre meadow frames
a dazzling view of the Cascade
peaks that has caught the eyes
of passing photographers for
years. Indian Ford Creek runs
through the property, which
also has stands of ponderosa
pines and wetlands.
A private, non-profit orga-
nization, the Deschutes Basin
Land Trust was formed last
year to protect sensitive parcels
by working with landowners
instead of seeking public own-
ership or protective land-use
designation. Parcels can be do-
nated outright, or owners can
grant conservation easements
that protect the property with-
out changing ownership.
Brad Chalfant, board presi-
dent of the land trust, said the
group is delighted to get such a
beautiful parcel on its first try.
“We’re real excited about this
acquisition,” he said. “I think
we hit a home run on the first
pitch.”
Besides being attractive, the
parcel also has some history.
Chalfant said the meadow is
believed to have been used as
an early military camp in the
late 1800s.
The trust is still working on
a management plan for the
parcel. Chalfant said that while
it will remain open to the pub-
lic, the board plans to leave it
in its natural state without any
trails, picnic sites or other fa-
cilities.
Bend City Council doles
out skatepark funds
Central Oregon skateboard-
ers are one step closer to build-
ing a skateboard park in south-
east Bend after the city council
approved a new funding re-
quest by park organizers. In a
4-2 vote, the council approved
the $10,000 donation from the
city’s general fund to pay for
construction of the park.
The skateboard park will be
built in an undeveloped part
of Ponderosa Park at SE 15th
Street and Wilson Avenue.
Though such a park could cost
close to $120,000, organizers
are trying to raise $35,000 and
hope to secure enough contri-
butions of materials and labor
to cover the rest.
Ways you
can support
Thelma’s Place:
• Vehicle donations
• Cash donations
• Sponsorships
• Volunteer
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