Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, September 17, 1953
Page 6
Grandeur of Northwest's Dams
Magnetic Attraction to Tourists
Power Reservoirs
Can Be Visited
By Auto Route
The fulluwlnr ! eondni
tlon of .motorlof which ap
peared In the July ID iifue at
The Nortbweit'a Own Marailne.
It la one of a oerlee of motor
lofi ipoiuored by The Orrfo-nlan-Urrfon
State Motor Mil
elation. BY Nil. MAM O. LAMBERT
Milt wnur, Th Ornunun
NATURE'S WONDERS are
without question No. 1 attrac-
tion for most vacationers tour
ing the Pacific Northwest, but
there's another kind of wonder
the man-made variety that
probably is entitled to more
tourist attention than it's teen
getting.
To residents of the Northwest
the story of the region's Ereat
power-producing dams is an old
one. Newspapers and magazines
have Diiblished hundreds ot pic-
tures, thousands of words about
these marvels of eneinpcrine sci
ence. They have told the story of
the dams through their various
stnecs, planning, construction
and completion.
But the story and the picture
Is no substitute for on on-the
spot look. And it's a welcome
ImiiL'e, too, lor the scenery-
socking tourist who lias been
spending day alter day viewing
natural unindcur.
We "discovered" the dams on
the homeward half of our seven
day Northwest motoring. Wheel
ing the Oregon State Motor as
sociation's while car southward
through the Okanagan country
from Kamloops, U. C, we were
hound lor eastern Washington.
Iiarrr-n hills were ahead, and we
weren't enthusiastic about our
chances to see anything equaling
the scenery we had beheld in
British Columbia's i'ender har
bor and Fraser river regions.
lint we reckoned without the
dams -111 and Coulee, Chief Jo
seph and Honneville. Before we
reached Toi l land w e had visited
nil three, and would have taken
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Frothing an It cascades down 500 feet, water from Franklin
I). Roosevelt lake pours over Biillvvajs at (irand Coulee dam.
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M:it tines V. ril.-r's route,
a look at construction work on
the new The Dalles dam except
that our itinerary didn't allow
time for n trip across the Colum
bia river to the view point.
We turned our white car
southward from the Kamloops
country at Monte Creek, leav
ing the Thompson river valley
and its yellow clay hillsides be
hind. Highway G wound up
through hills covered with sparse
pine forest and open range land,
then descended again as it ap
proached the town of Vernon at
the north end of the Okanagan
lake region.
Wo were again In lush farm
land. Fruit orchards bordered
the lakes, and here and there
were fishing resorts and picnic
spots. Beyond Vernon the high
way dropped to the shore of
Kalamalka lake. A few miles
farther it left that lake and ran
along the shore of Woodj lake
to the south
South of Penlicton the load
followed the Okanagan river,
through valleys where cl icier-
deposited boulders covered the
land on both sides,
Just short ol 200 miles from
Kamloops we readied the inter
national boundaries at Osoyoos.
ihe sun was dropping low in
the west as we stopped to chat
briefly with the U. S. customs
agent at the border. On his ad
vice wp sought a motel on the
shore of Osoyoos lake.
We found the accommodations
we were seeking, and u lew
minutes later the youngsters
were in their swim suits and
into the water. We bad readied
Orville, Wash., 5 hours 4j min
utes total driving time from
Kamloops.
The next morning wo headed
for Urn ml Coulee dam. 91 mil-. '
away. We were there in a liii'
more than two hour.';, alter ;
fast trip through rolling up
country with o.ilv an ccc.-.sk n
stretch of snecd--. ..m-im: cur v.
The impact of i.i; s.mi l.'n.iul I alization of r.orl Invest Oregon,
Coulee dam on the eyes of the
uninitiated tourist is staggering.
From Government Vista on the
south side of the Columbia river
below the dam visitors can view
the enlire length of the mam
moth structure.
A curving drapery of green
water cascades down 500 feet
from the spillways, and stretches
nearly a third of a mile acrcsi
the front of the dam. lii-h
above, on the one-way rt-Ld
across the top of the huge con
crete structure, human sight
seers appear the size of ant?.
It is a view in a thousand. You
find yourself feeling a deep re
spect for the minds of the men
who conceived and directed its
construction.
Periodically, guides conduct
one-hour tours of the power
plant and model room. In the
latter, scale replicas of the re
gion and the dam itself are used
to explain its construction and
operation.
A wide, fast highway bor
dered with a profusion of blue,
pink and yellow wildflowers
took our motorlog car to Bridge
port, the site of Chief Joseph
dam, in less than nn hour.
An attendant handed us a
brochure explaining the project,
and pointed out that the spill
way part of the dam is 81 per
cent completed. The project is
due for completion in December,
1955, when lour of its generators
will be on the line. More genera
tors will be added as they can be
installed alter 1955, until 27
finally are operating.
Second in size to Grand
Coulee among Northwest dams,
''hief Joseph will have a capac
:iy of 1,7:1H,000 kilowatts. It will
-ipound a lake of Columbia
iver water 51 mile long, cov
ring 7150 acres.
Forty miles from home we
. ..s:;cd Bonneville dam, a key
sourc,' ol power in the uid'Stii-
thcy visited at the W. I. Miller
home and consulted an eye
specialist on Monday,
Mr. and Mrs. George Irvin en
tertained Mrs. Audrey Ansted
and Pat Majeske and Mr. and
Mrs W. E. McMillan at their
liome one evening last week, the
occasion being Mrs. Irvin's birth
day. Mickey and Cherry and Keith
I Grey have returned home after a
visit in Salt Lake City and Mackey
Idaho. Bill Steagall who visited
with them has also returned and
all four have enrolled in the Lex
ington high school.
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Nickols
motored to Leavensworth, Wash
ington one day last week, after
Earl paplneau, their son who has
been visiting there.
Mr. and Mrs. New't O'Harra are
enjoying a new Packard.
Saturday Mr. and Mrs. Truman
i Messenger Sr. and family attend
ed a family reunion of the Bar
low and Mefford families at
Boardman. There' were about 50
members of the family present.
The function was held at the
home of Mrs. Root. Later in the
evening Mrs. Messenger, Mrs.
Coats and Mrs. Gillispie visited
with Charles Barlow at the hos
pital in Walla Walla. Donald
Gillispie also visited Mr. Barlow
with the ladies.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McMillan
visited an aunt and uncle of Mrs.
McMillan, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne
Horton of Grants Pass who is
visiting in Cove, on Wednesday.
Mr. Horton is a sister of Mrs.
Fred Bristow of that city.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday at 10 a, m. from Fol
som's Funeral chapel in Pendle
ton for William P. Luttrell, who
passed away in that city Monday
morning of a heart attack. The
Rev. C. H. Eller of the Lutheran
church officiated with burial in
Olney cemetery. He was bprn in
Knoxville, Tenn., and was 75
years of age. He has lived in Ore
gon 57 years and many of those
years were spent in Morrow
county. He is survived by a step
son and step daughter, Kenneth
Lane of Pendleton and Mrs. Chas.
Low, Tacoma, a brother Omer C.
Luttrell of Hermiston and a sis
ter, Mrs. Luther Stout of Wish
ram, Washington. Mr. Luttrell
was well known in Lexington and
is an uncle of Mrs. Vernon Mun
kers of this city.
Mrs. Vernon Munkers is a pa
tient in Emanuel hospital in
Portland where she underwent
major surgery on Thursday
morning.
Word was received here that
Robert Wilcox, who lived here for
Lexington News
By Delpha Jones
Mr. and Mrs, Vernon Scott of
Portland visited his mother Mrs.
Laura Scott over the weekend; a
sister and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Dickinson.
Grange was held Saturday at
the Lexington Grange hall with
Master Cecil Jones in the chair.
After the regular business of the
evening Pat McMillan, princess
of the rodeo gave a very interest
ing account of her experience and
fine time that she has enjoyed,
and thanked the Grange for
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giv ing her I his opportunity. Later
refreshments of hamburgers, hot
dogs, and coffee was served on
the O. W. Cutsforth ranch lawn
with Mr. and Mrs. VV. E. McMil
lan, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Jones and
Mr. and Mrs. O. VV. Cutsforth as
hostesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Buchanan
has received news of the wedding
Saturday of her daughter, Ida, to
James Swindle, of Seattle. The
young couple will make their
home in that city where both are
employed.
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Jenson
returned Monday from a trip to
Washington and Montana. When
in Spokane they visited his par
ents, Mr. and Irs. Karl Jenson,
and later went on to Kaltspell
where they visited friends, and
enjoyed a trip through Glacier
National Park.
Mitie Lee Orwick of Newport,
Washington is visiting her grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Less Or
wick. She is the small daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Orwick.
Earl Miller and Max Breeding
are spending the week in La
Grande visiting Earl's parents,
Mr, and Mrs. W. I. Miller.
Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hunt re
turned this week from an ex
tended visit through Idaho, Mon
tana, and visited relatives in
Missouri and then enjoyed leisure
trip through the Southern states.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie Ledbetter
returned this week from a trip to
South Carolina and Missouri.
While away, their daughter Jean-
ette visited her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Van Winkle
Sr.
Mrs. A. F. Majeske and daugh
ter. Audrey Ansted. motored to
Portland Tuesday taking a daugh
ter, Tat back there after a vaca
tion spent here. Pat is starting her
last year of training at Good
Samaritan hospital there.
Mr. ami Mrs. Cecil Jones and
children and Pat McMillan mo
tored to La Grande Sunday where
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left arm near the wrist. He spent
one night in the hospital in Hepp
ner. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Nottage
of Portland were recent visitors at
the home of their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Johan Troedson. The
Nottages had just returned home
from a trip by plane to Europe.
They visited in Copenhagen and
Stolkholm.
Miss Gladys Breashers of Los
Angeles, Calif, is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dale Ray.
They met her in Portland and
then they also visited in Lyie and
Husum, Wash, and, also went
huckleberrying. Miss Breashers
came up by plane; and was ac
companied by John Armington of
Los Angeles.
College students going back to
school are: Oregon State college,
Elise- Bauernfeind, John Bristow,
Ruby Bergstrom, Donald Bristow,
and Mike Rieninger; E O. C. E.
Ruby Ann Rietmann; Whitman
college, Shirlee McGreer; Wash
ington State college, Ronald
Baker; Lutheran Pacific college,
Gerald Peterson. Helmuth Her
mann will attend the Dental
school in Portland later.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Bristow
entertained the following at a
dinner Friday evening of last
week, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Mc
Cabe and children, and John,
Donald and Jerry Bristow.
Guy Cason of Portland stopped
to visit his aunt, Mrs. Ida Grablll
Friday of last week while on his
way to the Round-Up.
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Haugen of
Portland spent the weekend with
her mother, Mrs. Fannie Griffith,
and also, attended the Round-Up.
Mrs. Omar Rietmann, Mrs.
James Lindsay, Mrs. Herbert Ek
strom and Mrs. Lewis Halvorsen
attended a reception at Madras
Congressional Farm
Hearing Date Changed
The Congressional hearings on
farm problems will be held In
Pendleton a day earlier than ori
ginally planned, Sam Coon an
nounced today. The hearings
will be held November 4. They
were originally scheduled for
November 5.
Both the midwestern and west
ern hearings schedules have been
changed, according to the Eastern
Saturday evening in honor of
Mrs. Louise Irving, Associate
Grand Matron of the O. E. S. of
Oregon.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Crowell
and son have moved to Heppner
where he has a milk route from
Heppner to Portland.
Miss Karen Goddard of Condon
was a weekend guest at the Earl
McKinney home.
Oregon Congressman, in order to
allow some of the members of the
committee to attend the Inter
parliamentary Union Conference
In Washington, V. L in uciooer.
At present the committee plans
hearings at Cheyene, Wyo.. No
vember 2. The members will ar
rive bv train in Pendleton the
evening of November 3. Hearings
will be held in Pendleton Novem
ber 4. The next hearings will be
in Santa Rosa, Calif. November
7.
The hearings are open to far
mers and anyone else interested
in attending, the congressman
said.
"Within the limits of its time,
the committee wants to meet
with and hear the Ideas of as
many farmers as possible, be
cause it belie'ves that our agri
cultural program should be for
mulated at the grass roots and
not in Washington."
several years, is a patient of the
vet's hospital in Portland where
he underwent major surgery. Mr.
and Mrs. Wilcox make their home
In Ashland, Ore. He is reported
to be doing very well.
The Lexington Catholic Altar
society met at the home of Mrs.
Bob Daidson last week, with Mrs.
Bernard Doherty as co-hostess.
Those present were Mesdames
Don Pointer, Alec Lindsay, Don
Hatfield, Charles Breshears, Wil
bur Steagall. Lovely refreshments
were served after the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Arndt and
Tom Breshears, father of Mrs.
Arndt, all of Vancouver, Wash
ington, visited Wednesday at the
Charles Breshears home.
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