6-Hcppner Gozette Times, Heppner, Oregon, July 31, 1947
Northwest Power
Companies Merge
Under New Order
Motorloggers Fail to Find Words
Fit to Describe Canadian Rockies
r!n fur Irarfor of Pacific
power 1 I.lcht company's com
mon stork ownership from New
York to the Pacific Northwest
and for the ultimate establish
ment of the company as a unit
of an indejienrtent regional util-J
it y system were announced to-1
day in a joint Matement releas-
rd by Paul B. McKee, president'
of Pacific, and Kinsey M. Rob-1
inson, president of the Wash-!
Inpton .Water Power company.
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The announcement was made
concurrently with the filing of
applications with the Securities
and Exchange commission at
Philadelphia and the Washing
ton department of public utili
ties at Olympia for approval of
the first step in the program
the contribution by American
Power & Light company to
Washington Water Power of Pa
cific's common stock, all of
which is owned by American.
Carrying out a dissolution
program ordered by the SEC un
der the public utility holding
company act, American Power &
Light would then sell its com
mon stock holdings in the Wash
ington company, making that
utility and Pacific an independ
ent integrated system conform
ing to the federal legislative
pattern.
"Transfer of Pacific's common
stock to Washington Water
Power will make it possible for
American to dispose of its inter
est in the two companies with
out disintegrating their opera
tions," said McKee and Robin
son in their statement, adding
that the move was regarded as
a constructive and beneficial so
lution to the long-pending prob
lem posed by the SEC order.
'The purpose is to maintain
the efficiencies and economies
that have been developed during
the 20 years the Pacific and
Washington companies have
been associated under the same
common stock ownership, and
to preserve for customers and
investors the benefits derived
from the coordinated operation
of the systems."
The utility heads pointed out
that there is a strong commun
ity of interest between the In
land Empire territory served by
the Washington company and
the Columbia Valley areas serv
ed by Pacific, and that the two
sections constitute a natural
trade area, closely linked by
transportation and business con
nections, j 4
Main transmission lines of the
two companies are physically
interconnected, the Washington
Water Power company having
supplied Pacific with a large
part of its power.
"Pacific will continue as a
separate operating company,
under its own board of directors
and management, with head
quarters in Portland." McKee
and Robinson stated. "It is the
aim and desire of both the man
agements that the Washington
company's board of directors
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RED NICHOLS' ORCHESTRA
SLATED AT IONE AUG. 8 I
Red Nichols and his "Five
Pennies," featuring lovely Dot
tie O'Brien, vocalist, will play
for a dance in the lone Legion
hall. August 8.
R1 Nichols is said to be one
of the most influential figures
in modern music. He began
playing the trumpet when three
years old. He comes from a mu
sical family, his father being
a professor of music at the Utah
university at one time. Red Ni
chols and His "Five Pennies"
joined Glen Gray and his Casa
Loma orchestra in 1944 on a
cross country tour for Just the
one year.
The Birthday club met at the
Congregational church parlor
Tuesday, July 29, in honor of the
birthdays of Mrs. Wate Crawford
and Mrs. Echo Palmateer. They
received some lovely gifts. Re
freshments were served by the
hostesses, Mrs. Taul O'Mearaj
and Mrs. Harry Yamell. I
Mrs. Garland Swanson was 111
for several days but is better
now.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Roberts
left Friday morning of last week
for Chehalis, Wash., where they
attended the Roberts family re
union. It was the first time the
family had been together for 30
years. Mr. and Mrs. Roberts re
turned Monday. Mrs. Earl Blake
of Heppner and Mrs. Echo Pal
mateer had charge of the post
office during Mrs. Roberts' ab
sence. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Casselman
and granddaughter Janice spent
the week end in Portland. Jan
ice went to Seattle to visit her
mother.
Butter Creek Girl
Chosen Queen For
1947 Umatilla Fair
Blonde, blue-eyed Queen Mar
Ian Andrews of Butter creek will
head the royal court of five
beautiful girls of Umatila coun
ty at the annual county fair at
Hermiston August 28-29-30, the
fair association announced this
week.
Queen Marian will have as
her assistants Norma McCann,
Freevvater; Georgia Snead, Um
atilla; Frances Stevens, Stan
field, and Lois Brooks, Ordnance.
Now a stutlent at Eastern Ore
gon college at La Grande, Queen
Marian. 19, was graduated from
Hermiston high school in 191b.
She was president of the Girls
League and a member of the
staff of the high school paper.
Five foot seven and "tall in the
saddle," she will ride her dark
sorrel. "Sonny" during the fair.
The attractive queen, who is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. J.
Andrews of Butter creek, is also
a member of the royal court of
this year's Pendleton Round
up. Her coronation will be on
Thursday evening, August 28.
Let us underseal your car and
protect it from dust and noise.
Rosewall Motor Company.
You do not need to drive a tired
looking car just because a new
car is not available. We will
remove the debits and paint it
so it will look new again.
Rosewall Motor Co.
X.ak Louis tanlu with Banff as resort Hera w look over lake toward Mt Victoria.
Ttas 1 a eoodeni&tlon of & motor
k trticic Appearing July 20 la Th
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pnptred by The Oreirontan IB co-operation
wiia um Orecoa St&ia Motor uo
Mtloo. BY JALMAR JOHNSON
0UDO.&7 Editor, The O.-ecooiu
Our Oregonian-Oregon State
Motor association motorlog
party of four, which visited the
Canadian Rockies late last
month in the AAA white travel
car, used nearly all the words
in the dictionary having to do
with grandeur as vistas of in
finite beauty and majesty
passed before our view. But we
had to admit that words failed
us and now this writer has the
same difficulty in putting our
reactions on paper.
The part of the Canadian
Rockies we saw are those with
in the boundaries of Banff,
Jasper and Kootenay National
parks. We entered the area
from Calgary on the east
It was a blustery, cold day In
Banff and we decided to post-
Done sight-seeing there until
another time. We headed west
ward aeain toward Lake Louise,
41 miles distant, where we had
reservations for the night.
Lake Jade Green
Next day it was clear but
cold when, after breakfast, we
walked around a turn in the
road and came upon entrancing,
jade-green Lake Louise, given
its peculiar color apparently by
the milky glacial streams that
feed it. The lake Is set like a
jewel in a pocket among the
mountains. At tne iar enu ww
r 11 365-foot Mount Victoria,
gowned in white by Victoria
glacier. Smaller peaks, though
not actually small by any means,
complete the deep cup in which
the lake lies.
It is a majestic sight and at
the same time peaceful. This
feeling of calm is heightened by
the luxurious Chateau Lake
Louise from the grounds of
which we viewed the lake and
the mountains.
At the boundary between
Banff and Jasper National
parks we reached the climax of
our drive, the Columbia Ice
Field.
The ice field covers an area
of more than 110 square miles
and is estimated to be 2000
feet thick. It is the largest and
most impressive body of ice
outside the Arctic circle, us
average elevation is between
9000 and 10,000 feet, its loftiest
peaks towering to 11,000' and
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Map of route through national
parks in Canadian Rockies
described in motorlog article.
12,000 feet. It has been called
"Mother of Rivers," as it feeds
streams that eventually find
their way to three oceans, the
Pacific, Arctic and Atlantic.
Not all of this can be seen
from the highway, of course.
Only a finger of the ice field,
Athabaska glacier on ML Atha
baska. can be reached without
a hard, long climb to the roof
of the Rockies. But even this
small part of the ice field ia
nothing less than spectacular.
Peak Colors Vary
After the ice field, the peaks
north toward Jasper seemed to
become less rugged. But they
were beautiful, nevertheless.
The mountains at times seemed
purple, at other times they
showed a rust color. Waterfall
gushed down the mountain
sides. One outstanding falls,
which we drove off the high
way a short distance to see, was
Sunwapta, which tumrjies ana
boils through an unbelievably
narrow gorge.
Jasper park offers varied far
for the vacationist. He can
simply loaf or he may fish, ga
boating, play golf or tennis,
climb mountains, swim, or go
on long or short horseback
trips to many lakes and moun
tains. But we were traveling
fast and we could not partake
of these pleasures. Next morn
ing we headed back toward
Banff on the last lap of our
trip through the Rockies which
was to take us through Koote
nay National park in British
Columbia.
At Banff we took up our
sight-seeing where we had left
off on our wintry entrance to
the park. We drove out from
the town to Banff Springs hotel
which stands as a great masonry
sentinal overlooking Bow val
ley. '
shall include some members of j 1 0 Nl E NL.W5
the acuic Doara.
Advantages to be gained by
maintaining an unbroken affil
iation between Washington and
Pacific include economies in the
procurement of future power
Attention Stockmen
The following rates to Portland from
Heppner, Lexington and lone will be
in effect July 17th:
63c A.Q. 56c, 7500 to 15,000 lbs.
46c, 15,000 lbs. and over
Chapman Freight Service
Phone 666 Pilot Rock, Ore.
Mrs. Louis Bergevin returned
Monday from Haines where she
visited her sister.
Mrs. Torn White and Mrs. Im
ogene Mooney visited their bro
ther, Fred Anderson, at Prosser
over the week end.
Mrs. Gordon White and son
Gary attended the Pacific In
ternational trapshoot meet at
Yakima over the week end,
where her father, O. S. Shifter
, supply, it was stated, either
! through joint purchase from
Bonneville or in the addition of
more generating facilities if
that proves necessary. Such
savings were said to amount to
several hundred thousand dol
lars a year compared with the
cost of securing independently
an equivalent power supply.
This will help in maintaining
low electric rates.
McKee and Robinson express
ed hope that when American
Power & Light sells the common
stock of the Washington com
took part in the shooting. Mr.
Shiffer won the Oregon state
championship recently at Sa-j
lem. Gary White returned to
Forest Grove with his grandfa- j
ther.
Mrs. Bessie Everson sold her
ranch below town to Mr. and
Mrs. Holiday of Umatilla. Mrs.;
Everson will live in Spokane, j
The I.M.I.A. benefit dance Sat- :
unlay night was a success. I
The school district has receiv
ed a new stove and sink for the
lunch room, which will be a
great improvement and make
the work much easier for the
cooks.
Pendleton visitors Sunday
were Donald and Eunice Peter
son, "Pinky" Allyn,' Robert and
Billy Joe Rietmann.
Mrs. Delbert Emert is in Port
land taking medical treatment.
Her daughter Mary is staying
vith Mrs. Mary Emert and Mrs.
Ada Emert.
Baptismal services were held
at the Valby Lutheran church at
Eightmile Sunday morning with
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tw r.itiven iriistana Lutheran church of
Important, Oregon Motorists!
Driver's Licenses Numbered 5R-33,000
To 5R-66,000 Expire Paring July!
You must apply for renewal this month OMLY
it jour driver's license serial number is in the
above group.
No Individual notice will be mailed to you.
Do not apply by mail. Apply at the driver's
license clerk or examiner In your community.
No re-examination U required.
If jour drlvrr'i license
number Is hlfher than
R-66.00, grt a renewal
arhrdule from any rv
lr atatlnn, potior or sher
iff! of ftce. or 1 1 e e n a
nirk or examiner.
Oreron drlver'a license
5R-1 t SB-33.000 are
already Invalid. Look at
youn to make lure yon
era not violating the law.
Eoberl S. Farrell, Jr., Secretary of Slate
of the region. A majority of
the preferred stocks of the Pa
cific and Washington compan
ies now is owned in the Pacific
Northwest, representing some
6,000 individual holders.
They also expressed the hope
that the necessary commission
approvals could be obtained
promptly and that the entire
program for bringing about an
independent Pacific Northwest
operation might be concluded in
the near future.
Portland officiating. The follow
ing were baptised: Karen and
Cheryle Lundell, daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Lundell;
Elaine Harrison, daughter ot Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Harrison of
Portland, and a little girl from
Henuner.
Rev. and Mrs. Philip Ellman
of Portland and Rev. Ellman's
sifter, Miss Helene Eliman of
Los Angeles, were week-end
guests at the Wm. Bcrgstrom
home.
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100 Octane Aviation Gas for your
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(No Lead)
Standard Credit Cards Accepted
IONE LEGION HALL
AUG. 8,1947
Admission $2.00 (inc. tax)
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