Sweeping Lawns To Water's Edge Where Kids Ploy
Tall Pines Greet Bend Visitors I
(AI D a NEWS, Klamilk r.lli. Or:
raiDAT. j.ir is. ixt, ri ti
Basin Spud Festival
Slated For November
MERRILL. July 12 The
central committee of The Klam
ath Basin Potato Festival, meet
ing at the city hall recently, an
nounced festival dates as No
vember 1 and 2. ,
The various committee chair
men were announced as follows:
decorations, Al Kuehne; conces
sions, Virgil Barron; dance and
queen, Jim Merilees; commer
cial exhibits, Jack Adams: agri
cultural exhibits, Ed Strack; pa
rade, Darrel King, and L. H.
Holden; barbecue, Maurice Crys
tal; banquet, W. H. Homes, and
sports, Thomas Chatburn Jr.
Members of the central com
mittee are: Jack Adams, Mau
rice Crystal, O. V. Reeves, Joe
Bailey and Riley Dclap.
Discharged Donald Erirkson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Ertck
tnn nf 2H4I Front hmm Mraluiwi
j his discharge from the navy. At
tne time oi nis discnarga ha wa
a yeoman 3c and had seen serv
ice In Okinawa and Japan.
Friendly
Helpfulness
To ETery
Creed and Purse
Ward's Klamath
Funeral Home
Marguerite; M. Word
and Son
92S High Phone 3334
I tewi;
4'Sl,llf't' l - '"''ie ,rc,iv ''S" advises motorists and honuwud bound iolks that they are enuring "Bend.
J-v5 v?J!!!r'L?V'' mil "",V 5a-- Gateway to the Oregon Cascades." Thii picture shows a imall house at the water'! edge just above !
kJA rVrf in ST -'e)v' ' the dam with surrounding country turpriiingly like that oi Klamath Falli. I
ymS-r' .r",
J "T"-'- - KKSWl . . -T board which will be the admlnis- The Dalles Mill Get to provide Hour for the region
Cr.PK&J-'i.. Viilfl ' trative body for execution ol " UOIieS IVllll U6tS The department of agriculture ;
F r!IP f'2ti" . . C ' , plans and development. This Allotment Of Wheat Production and marketing ad-
t. "-- ---!-- '1 T5L ' ..,,,. j,. ., ,,,., ministration said half the flour
b" Er' Af?2 , . ..v,3 huld be within six months THE DALLES, July 12 (IP) would go to bakeries serving this
l? J.-Ja'f. ; . fi""" period. A 3000-bushel wheat allotment, area, and the other half be saved
If - vr,ja";"JVl; '' i " J Along Link river and Lake to be repaid from the fall har- for possible Willamette vallej ,
I tjzl y , nyffjwf''l ' " . " . i Ewauna, grass can grow, native vest, will go to United mills here emergencies. I
If - y iilv Mr "Vv 1 " . 'i snruDs and trees pianica, oio i
T.rlW I A'-S ' . V ' ' trees cast their shade on expan- iiaaiaBieamaHsaMiMHiiaeeaaBaiiamaiBaH
t 1 V- ; . .. . ! sive lawns, and Klamath Falls I mig22&??-mM is-FiWK--!... -j-.-- jaF-u l ,11
'W! 4'sf ' . ' ' ' - J will begin to put on her long I If?; ! - Z" -r- - - "-1
1 1: -4T , - ' -'a' ' - .! -". -.,. , nrelected Dartv dress. I l- - -- ' es
We have eectn'c
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The cilv ol Bend takes oartlcular pride In lawns, whether a modest residence or palatial
home, of which Bend has a surprising number. The park area which borders Mirror pond presents
fine view for the folks In the ueoer picture who hare neatly kept homes in that section of the
cltv. Below, kids and dogs plar alona the parkway and despite the chill of the water, find
swimming Invigorating on a warm day. Almost every home, which has a frontage on the pond,
boasts a rowboat for the young fry. .
Bend Is Shining Example
Of Well-Planned Proect
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up on claims, the big lumber op
erators nf the Minnesota and
Wisconsin areas came In and
stored up the timber against the
time when their own would bn
gone.
Planned by Drake
Willi the coming of timber
operations, Bend began to tnkn
on the aspects of a town. Tim
layout of lli'nd gors to the cred
it of A. M. Drake who came
from St. Paul, Minn., in the first
decade of the century, lie built
a log house on the Deschutes
river, the house still standing
and now the home of the Bend
Masonic lodge. Drake put In n
small sawmill and a power plant
and platted tho nearby aren giv
ing it wide streets. The park ad
dition he left unplatted for fu
ture development. Drake sold
out In 10UII or 1010.
The power plant and dam
put In by Drako below where
Pilot Butte Inn now stands,
caused tho water to back up anil
form a beautiful, natural look
ing pond which has long been
known as Mirrnr pond. Wldn
lawns, home sites, a playground
established through the W. E.
Harmon foundation, walks and
flower bordered path, mnkci
vMlrror pond desirable from
every point. To tho north, of the
town is Pioneer park where
smooth green lawns sweep down
to the water's edgo and whern
picnic tables tempt tho towns
folk.
George Palmer Putnam, for
mer publisher of the Bend Bul
letin, platted seven acres on tint
west side of the town which ho
sold as home sites. This also
borders on tho water.
Now Bend, despite her acren
of park and lawn area, has mi
specific park levy but included
in the annual city budget is an
item for pork purposes. Thd
budget for the current year Is
73.'I0 and includes parks and
recreation. The budget figure
for last year was $542.1. There
Is no charge for park facilities
i This Week at i
Hafter's
Lawn Chairs
Folding type. Striped can
vas back and scat , . hard
wood frame,
3.65 - 4.65
NEW
Canvas Cots
4.45
2-Burner Camp Gasoline
Cook Stove
Hafter Furniture
9th and Klamath
and there Is no pork board. Bend
has a commission manager form
of government and the man
ager Is responsible for park op
eration. Swans Multiply
Some 13 years ago, the city
bought a pair of swans. Now thu
swan families have grown.
There are many wild ducks on
Mirror pond and they stay and
their fumilles stay and the wild
life is a delight to old a no'
young.
Mora could he said of Bend,
Its Interesting history of rail de
velopment which is quite like
our own, but there is another
comparison to be made. It's our
own town.
Klnmuth Falls started its Top
sy growth on the banks of Llni;
river. Hence, Llnkvlllc. Later,
the part of the town which
stretched east became known as
Strlngtown. Then Klamath
Falls.
Too many people came to our
town to "make money and leave
as fast as they could buy n
ticket." But much to the sur
prise of their families, a lot of
men liked the place. Liked the
atmosphere. But thoir wivcn
didn't. As little as 20 years ago,
the women folk wept because
"they couldn't grow anything."
But then they discovered the
secret of water and the gardens
and lawns did grow for their
that wanted to put them In.
Let's start with the proposed
Veterans' Memorial park. This
Is the outgrowth of planning
commission discussions. On
November 7, 1944, voters gave
the city the right to start pur
chase of property and the ex
change of property along the
river. It was termed a "blight
ed area" in commission discus
siuns and folks coming into
town were gelling a preuy bad
impression. The wheels started
moving and soon all property
was acquired wan tne exception
ol one small piece which is as
surred as soon as it is free of
legal entanglements.
Possibilities There
The property lies bclwcen
Link river and Lake Ewauna,
some six acres described as from
Center street to the Luik river
bridge and Muin street to Lake
Ewauna. It is wedge shaped and
the surprisingly lovely old trees
give a promhie of something that
can really be accomplished in an
ambitious face lifting job.
Sheldon Brumbaugh, Klam
ath rails architect, has prepared
a model of Veterans' Memorial
pnrk which will be a reul en
trance to tills city in the near
future. '
The moment all the property
is acquired, titles cleared and
the green light on, the property
will be turned over to the park
board which will be the adminis
trative body for execution ol
plans and development. This
should be within a six months'
period.
Along Link river and Lake
Ewauna, grass can grow, native
shrubs and trees planted, old
trees cast their shade on expan
sive lawns, and Klamath Falls
will begin to put on her long
neglected party dress.
The Deschutes, whose waters
are tho life blood of the region
to the north, has made Bend
beautiful. Little Link river can
be expected to do Just as much,
but it's up to the citizenry to
help and not by talk alone. It t
pick and shovel, trowel and
spade, concentrated effort and
the will of the town to help the
little lady out of her gangly
adolescence.
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