100 YEARS AGO

For the week ending

Aug. 10, 1924

Improving Links At Country Club

Golfers who compete on the Deschutes links Sunday in the competition for the prizes offered for the best scores of the day for men and for women, will find the course in the best condition it has been so far, according to reports from Deschutes.

Joe Potter has been working steadily this week putting the greens in shape, and the scores Sunday are expected to be lowered as a result.

The prizes this week are a pair of golf knickers offered by the J.C. Penney Co. for the men, and one the nature of which has not been announced, for the women, given by Buchwalter’s store.

Camp Fire Girls Leave Camp Fire

Although their intentions were good, members of group No. 4 of the Bend campfire girls did not “put out the last spark” when leaving their camp grounds on the Metolius last May and as a result the law, working very slowly, but certainly, Friday of this week imposed a fine of $5 and costs. This is a minimum fine. The fine was imposed by Howard Turner, Madras justice of the peace.

Indicating that the girls intended to extinguish the last spark, members of the campfire organization last month fought a small forest fire in Shevlin park, the guardian of the group walking and running over a mile to telephone for assistance. The girls found the fire when on an outing in the park. This was considered by the justice of the peace when the fine was imposed.

Doctors Will Have Building

Under consideration for some time, plans for a modern structure in this city to be known as the Bend Clinic building, have definitely materialized and contractors are already on the grounds at the corner of Franklin and Broadway, making ready to start the work of excavation.

The new building, a two story brick structure 32 by 74, will be owned by a corporation. Its cost will be approximately $20,000. The incorporators are Mrs. J.D. Donovan and Mrs. John Besson of Bend and Jr. J.H. Hosch of Redmond, who will move to this city when the building is completed.

The first floor of the building will contain the offices of Drs. John Besson and Paul Woerner and Dr. Hosch. J.D. Donovan, manager of the Central Oregon X-ray laboratory, at present located in the O’Kane building, will use part of the first floor for an X-ray laboratory.

According to the plans announced by Hugh Thompson, architect, the second floor of the building, of brick construction, faced with brick and cast stone, will contain four modern apartments, each apartment having three rooms and a bath. The entrance to the apartments will be on Broadway. The entrance to the clinic offices will be on Franklin at the corner nearest Wall. The building is to be steam heated and will have all modern electric appliances.

75 YEARS AGOFor the week ending

Aug. 10, 1949

Plans Completed for Junior College Opening This Fall

Instructors and courses for Bend’s central Oregon junior college opening for the first time September 20, will be announced Saturday, H.M. Nicholson, coordinator of adult education for the Bend area said today.

Able educators of extremely high qualifications in scholastic and personal attributes have been obtained. Two hold master’s degrees and two hold doctorates. “These educators were chosen because of their rank in education circles, and because of their keen interest in pioneering opportunities for central Oregon high school graduates to continue their schooling for two college years at home,” Nicholson said. He stressed the fact that courses to be given are in every way comparable to courses offered at other state college centers. They are under sponsorship of general extension division, Oregon state system of higher education, headed by Dr. John Francis Cramer, and are “carefully selected to meet local needs.”

Students who attend two years and meet requirements will be awarded junior certificates which will admit them to upper division courses in colleges anywhere, he said, since the studies are fully accredited.

Plans call for expansion of the college if there is sufficient demand. Bend’s junior college has been called a “pilot” institution, which will determine to a large extent, not only its own fate, but also the destiny of similar projects which may be set up in 1950 for other cities.

Joseph Thompson, Pioneer Educator, Taken by Death

Joseph Alton Thompson, 83, Deschutes county’s first school superintendent and for many years dean of superintendents in the state, died early Sunday at his home where he had been ill for the past several months.

Mr. Thompason was born June 12, 1866, in Corunna, Mich., son of Moses A. Thompson and Betsy Marcelia Thompson. He attended school in Vorunna, Albion college, Michigan State Agricultural college. On June 30, 1897 he was married to Rose Anna McCaughna.

He came to Redmond in 1907, where he homesteaded in the Pleasant Ridge neighborhood. Two years later his family came to Oregon and joined him at Tumalo, where he was teaching. After teaching there three years he went to Redmond and was employed in the Redmond schools until 1915. He then spent one year at the White Rock ranch near Tumalo.

In 1916, when Deschutes county was formed, he was appointed county superintendent of schools, a position which he held until he retired in July, 1947.

Mr. Thompson was a member of the Methodist church, masonic organizations, the Kiwanis club, the Deschutes County Pioneer association and the Oregon Historical society.

Bend Softball League Tied As Result of Upset

The Bend softball association league leadership was thrown into a tie last night when the fifth place Bend merchants pulled one of the biggest upsets of the season by defeating the Redmond vets behind the one-hit pitching of “Babe” Maudlin.

Tied for first place now are the vets and Childs hardware. The two teams will meet in a game for the championship following the conclusion of the Bend city tournament which will begin Wednesday and run through the rest of this week and next week.

The highly favored vets were the first to score in the game when in the sixth inning J. hassler scored from third on a force play at second base.

The merchantmen went to bat in the seventh trailing by one run. Harkness, merchant catcher, was safe at first on a error. Then Sheffold lined a single between short and third sending Harkness to third. Mansfield bounced out an infield single to score Sheffold with the winning run.

Ells and Maudlin were locked in a pitchers battle throughout the seven inning tilt. Ells struck out eight merchant batters and allowed four hits, while Maudlin struck out four vets and allowed only one hit.

50 YEARS AGOFor the week ending

Aug. 10, 1974

First female officer says she’s no ‘libber’

WARM SPRINGS — Vickie Still, 28, is a member of the Confederated Tribes here, wife of a tribal policeman, mother of three, and definitely not a “women’s libber.” But she has the distinction of being the first patrolwoman with the reservation police force and, perhaps, the first in the Central Oregon area.

An employee with the tribal police department for almost four years, Mrs. still this month moved into the position of patrolwoman. She previously worked as a dispatcher-matron, department secretary, and part-time dispatcher-clerk. In recent months she has occasionally served as a special officer, doing patrol work, on foot, during celebrations or other events bringing large numbers of people to the reservation.

“She was selected because she was qualified,” stated Ken Sayers, law enforcement director at Warm Springs.

Sayers also said Mrs. Still will be expected to perform the same duties as other patrolmen, and to attend the Oregon Police Academy fairly soon, when it can be arranged. Mrs. Still is already well on her way to completing work on a Law Enforcement Degree from Central Oregon Community College. Since joining the department, she has also been involved in search and rescue, defensive tactics and fire arms training programs.

She is licensed to operate a breathalizer. The Warm Springs department has “one of the most modern” breathalizers, Mrs. Still said proudly.

“Police work has always interested me,” Mrs. Still said recently as she sat in the squad room writing several citations for overweight logging trucks. The gun and equipment belted around her waist were a dramatic contrast to her pink and white slacks. There will be a uniform for Mrs. Still, but it had not yet arrived and her police badge was pinned to her pink blouse.

“I get equal pay and equal treatment- just like the guys,” she said. Although “everybody asks”, she is emphatic that she is “not a women’s libber.” While she agrees with some of the objectives of the movement, such as the call for equal wages for equal work and the provision of day care centers, Mrs. Still said she is turned of by some of the more radical demands.

During the next several months, the 5-foot-2, 135-pound patrolwoman will be accompanied by a department officer in the patrol car. According to Sayers, this is “normal procedure” for a new patrolman (or woman).

Mrs. Still will also follow the established pattern of changing duty hours once a month. Because their hours differ, either she or her husband, Chris are usually home with their daughters Debbie, 4, Missie, 8 and Margaret, 10. Still, a native of Baker, Ore., has served with the tribal force five years.

A graduate of schools in Monterey, Calif., Mrs. Still was honored in March 1973, by Madras and Bureau of Indian Affairs officials for her role in subduing a violent suspect in Madras the previous month. Mrs. Still was the only person in a crowd estimated at 50 people to assist a city policeman encountering difficulties in making an arrest.

25 YEARS AGOFor the week ending

Aug. 10, 1999

Study: Quality of life lures business

Quality of life. It’s a term that means different things to different people, but it means business to Central Oregon, according to a new study.

The study, done by the Economic Development Group of Glendale, Ariz., was designed to determine two things: Central Oregon’s business competitiveness compared to Medford, Eugene/Springfield, Portland, Seattle and San Jose, Calif.; and the business climate strengths and weaknesses for Central Oregon as a whole, and Bend, Redmond, Prineville and Madras individually.

Economic Development for Central Oregon, formerly known as the Central Oregon Economic Development Council, and the state Economic Development Department split the $20,000 cost of the study.

Compared to the other five cities listed as competition in the study, Central Oregon received high marks for quality of life, as measured by recreation and culture, climate and terrain, cost of living and personal security.

“Quality of life is clearly on the top of the list in terms of business climate assets in Central Oregon,” the study stated, “In many cases, it is the primary reason why a business may initially consider the region, with other factors such as real estate and labor being important but secondary.

In a comparison of taxes and fees, Central Oregon also ranked high for having no sales tax and above-average employment insurance, as did Medford, Eugene and Portland. Central Oregon came up short, however, in some categories.

The study found Central Oregon’s access to regional, national and international markets to be only average or poor, and its transportation systems- highway, rail, air and water- to be below-average or average.

Although the study called the University Center is “a good initial effort to bring…higher education to the region,” it said that the center is not perceived by the community as being the same as attending a regular four-year university.

The study also gave Central Oregon poor marks for availability of improved industrial land, vacant industrial space and vacant office space.

Some officials found relatively little new information in the study, but said it still was valuable.

“I don’t think it’s a surprise to read that we’re not an interstate, we don’t have a four year university and we’re not near a major international airport,” said Scott Cooper, executive director of the Prineville Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Prineville City Council.

“But I suppose it always has value when someone from outside your region confirms what your own people have been telling you for years.”

Eric Sande, director of the Redmond Chamber of Commerce, agreed. “I think there definitely is information we can cull to make ourselves more efficient in our efforts to recruit new industries and markets,” he said. “The neat thing about the study is that there are some things we can’t change.

“Realizing that, you shouldn’t recruit some businesses. We should take the strengths we have and create marketing tools for those, and avoid industries we can’t provide for because of our geographical location.”