Heppner Gazette Times, Thursday, July 14, 1955
Page 3
Majestic Vistas of Mid-Columbia
Seen on Wallula Cutoff Motorlog
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Rat rock, prominent landmark a few miles east of McNary
dam, overlooks state park with green lawns, picnic tables.
Road Built Twice
In 20-Year Period
The following ! a condensation
of a motorlof appearing In the
June 12 Issue of Northwest roto
magazine. The Sunday Orego.
nlan. It Is one of an annual se
ries sponsored Jointly by the
Oregon State Motor association
and The Oregonlan.
BY MERVIN SHOEMAKER
Stall Writer. The Oreionlu
Some day the "Wallula cut
off" may be renamed "the Mc
Nary Lakeshore drive." It Is
that kind of a highway, this 27
mile stretch between Umatilla,
Or., and Wallula, Wash.
On one side of the smoothly
flowing roadway Is the broad
expanse of water in the lake eral hours. Today, 25 minutes taking highway 30 east from
behind McNary dam. On the would be nothing to brag about Portland and the new water
other, the wildly convoluted The route had been driven level route is built for speed
hills give a constantly changing three years earlier in 1928-by and comfort.
rrilSL811! MerriU N- Jenkins' a Unlon Pa A not-to-be-mlssed feature of
beauty and awe-inspiring vast- cific ranroad car lnspector now McNary dam Is a public view-
n j, . , tir u retlred an;l still living in Uma- ing room where salmon ascend-
taSnKS ttyL " tllla' The route he followed wa " the ladders y seen
issrssz. rtr&mSes of ,ow water giass as
the symmetrical reflectior i of Residents 0? Umatilla and narft
oddly formed rocks and exhila- other points In this area wanted J "m. If rth.r P
ratina vistas ehrins nn illns nn . .1 ,.. a w miles farther on. This
a a a aiiuiier rtiuie 10 wana wana. -
D , . . : pars gets 11s name irom a rocs
Pasco and Spokane. At that formation that looks startlingly
u was,nfecessrv t0, EO a huge hat tossed careieSsy
hrough Pendleton from Uma- on a desert knoll and left there
OhAlim V,f ( in alvirnM.Mr -
map.
The state highway commis-
)n built the road, in about
1932, but only after Jenkins and
w I there is Wallula, the town that
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before rising water rolled over
Distance Cut 21 Miles the old site.
The Drevious 80-mile distan From here the motorist can
ergy installation, which played from Umatilla to Walla Walla take his choice of numerous In-
such an important Dart In the thus was reduced to 56 miles. ""'""K ruuua.
ending of World War n. There will be few Oregon
Only 24 years ago, driving the cases of two fine highways be-
rocky trail along the river be- ing built along a previously
roadless route in less than 20
VPflrs. That hnnnpnoH horo
The second building of the a& which the atomic age has
hlehwav was occasioned bv a brought to a present popula-
lSdl Dy a party which Included mark of Northwest progress uon 01 "i
the late Governor Earl Snell and building of McNary dam, which Now west out of Kennewick
the Oregon State Motor asso- flooded most of the old roadbed, to Toppenish (travel faster by
ciation's Ray Conway. Snell was Completed in 1951, it consist- taking highway 3A out of Pros
then a member of the house of ed of a general relocation of the ser), and back to Oregon on
representatives. highway, with a raise in grade highway 97. Washington has
.The party also included Ed- of 13 to 28 feet in places where done a good Job with this part
ward M. Miller, now assistant the old route was followed. of The Dalles-California high
managing editor of The Ore- This stretch of road with par- way, and it's effortless sailing
gonian, who did a motorlog ticularly interesting modern his- "P to the 3149-foot elevation of
story of the trip. It took sev- tory Is reached by the motorist Satus pass.
South of Goldendale comes
the most striking scenery of the
Toppenish-Columbia river part
of the trip. And among the best
of this Is Oregon's own, seen
with startling abruptness as the
hills spread apart on the ap
proach to the Columbia. ,
That Is the vast carpet of
green or golden Sherman county
wheat land stretching south,
east and west from the high Co
lumbia river bluffs near Rufus.
Come back to, Oregon via The
Dalles bridge for a better high
way and a view of The Dalles
dam a-building. The toll is 50
cents a car.
of even greater spaciousness.
The road has a geographical
location between points of im
portance to Northwest and even
world history.
It travels upstream from a
point near the recently com
pleted dam, which is making an sion buit the road'
iiiiyunuiii auuiuun 10 iiorxn1
west power resources.
From Wallula, where the origl
nal cutoff connected with an ex
isting road, It Is only a few
miles to Richland, Wash., and
the nearby Hanford atomic en-
tween Umatilla and Wallula was
considered quite an achieve'
ment
One such trip was made In
Just north of the Oregon-
Washington line the road enters
"Wallula gap," where the hills
seem to draw back to let the
Columbia through, and then
that they be allowed to
it as a toll road.
One of them which we ear
marked for another day should
be through Pasco and Kenne
wick to Richland, the 250-pop-
ulation village of some 15 years
Toppenish
rlanford
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m state Pa5te I?
Goldendale 3 UmatiiT ,?
The Dalles OREGON
Pendleton
Wallula cutoff replaced roundabout road via Pendleton
Boardman News
Continued from Page 2
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Potts and
daughters, Marie and Irene, went
to The Dalles Sunday, to visit at
the home of Potts' cousin, Mr. and
Mrs. George Ramsey.
Weekend visitors at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely were
their daughter, Ora Ely, who is
employed at Pasco, Wash., and
well Vaught, Richland, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. . Russell Miller
wont to Corbett Tuesday to take
their daughter Patty, Eileen Ely
and Brenda Billings to Trout
Creek Bible camp..
Sunday visitors at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marlow were
Marlow's brother-in-law and sis
ter, Mr. and Mrs. William Thur
man, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Thurman
and son Rodney, Pendleton, and
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Ransier and
daughters, Stanfield.
Mrs. Truman Messenger, Sr., of
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Mitchell and Mrs. Carl Marquardt
of Lexington, visited at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Coats, and
Mr. and Mrs. Zearl Gillespie, on
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Thorpe
went to Heppner on business
Tuesday.
The temperature reached 88
here Monday, making it the
warmest day here so far this
month. Tuesday promised to be
even warmer, with the thermo
meter up to 86 at 11 a. m.
Children attending 4-H sum
mer camp on Willow creek about
twenty miles from Heppner are
Kirk Gantenboin, Jimmy Hoff
man, Gwendolyn Fussell, Rich
ard Watts, Dorothy Rash, Toni
Taylor, and Eddie Hoffman. Mrs.
Arnold Hoffman accompanied
them.
Visitors last week at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George Sicard
were Sicard's sister, Beatrice Si
card, Portland; Mrs. Sicard's
brother-in-law and sisters, Mr.
and Mrs. Al Dodge, Burnt Woods,
and Mrs. Alma Russ, Albany; and
Ralph Watts, Elgin, Tenn.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ball, Mr. and
Mrs. Franklin Ball, and Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Baker went to a fam
ily reunion at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Berl Akers in lone last
Saturday. It was held in honor of
Roy Ball's brother-in-law and
sister, Mr. and Mrs. George Uloc
ker .Tacoma, Wash.
Phone 6-9633
Phone 8-7125
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Luhrs and
children, Langlois, were week
end visitors at the home of Luhrs'
brother-in-law and sister,- Mr.
adn Mrs. Ed Skoubo.
Mrs. Dean Ekleberry and dau
ghter Cora, The Dalles, visited
at the home of her brother-in-la
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin
Ely, Tuesday, after spending the
4th at Hermiston.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Marlow
spent the 4th at Pasco, Wash., at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie
Woolley. v
Donna Rae Shouse, Hermiston,
is visiting at the home of her
uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Thornhill.
Many Visitors at
Lonerock Homes
Over July Fourth
By Verna Hayes
Visitors at the Mattlon Hicks'
residenecs over the Fourth of July
were Mr. and Mrs. JoeAndrews of
Portland, cousins of Mrs. Hicks.
Leaving here, Tuesday, the An
drews were on their way to New
York, where they will make their
home for the next year.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rogers of
Sweet Home and Mr. and Mrs.
Cook and family of Lebanon were
Fourth of July guests at the El
len and Lloyd Rogers' home.
Homer and Carol Davis made a
business trip to Spokane, on Fri
day. On their way back, they
visited their brother, . Lee and
family, who operates a wheat
ranch at Mabton, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Huddleston
of Hermiston are the parents of a
7 pound 15 ounce son, born at the
Good Shepherd hospital on June
26.
Sid Seale of Condon, was a
caller at the Lonerock store, on
Sunday. j
Mr. and Mrs. John Freund of
The Dalles spent the third and
fourth of July visiting at the
home of their aunt and uncle, the
Glenn Hayes. Other visitors were
Homer, of Portland, Clarence of
Corvallis, their grandson, Bill, of
Kinzua, Mr. and Mrs. Richard
Hayes and Christine of Condon,
Mrs. Grace Nickerson and grand
daughter of Heppner.
Relatives visiting at the Em-
mett Davis ranch, during the
past two weeks were Mrs. Esther
Jordon and daughter, Patsy and
Mrs. Bob Mead and three sons of
Fortuna, California, Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Swan and son of Inglewood,
California and Mrs. Jean Swan of
Roseburg, who is a sister of Mrs.
Davis.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bennett of
Centralia, accompanied by their
son and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Mor
ris Bennett, of Seattle, Wash.,
spent the weekend of the Fourth
of July, at the Tom Perry home.
Mrs. M. F. Lynch, Peter and
Patsy of Portland, spent the third
and fourth of July at the Morley
ranch. They returned to their
home Monday evening.
Br Riu Paulson
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"This is known as 'peaceful
co-existence.' Notice the 'peace
ful' look on the face of the
bear!"
Mrs. Bob Blue (nee Dora Case)
was honored with a bridal sTTower
on Wednesday, June 29th, receiv
ing an electric clock and an elec
tric deep fryer from the commun
ity and many individual gifts.
Many from Condon and Fossil,
along with Lonerock friends, at
tended the s hower. A- lovely
three-tiered cake made by Mrs
Pete Haynes. jello and coffee
were served as refreshments, af
ter the opening of the packages.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Wick, Jerry
and Steve went to Jauquin Miller
Hot Springs, over the Fourth of
July, returning home Monday
night.
Mr. and Mrs. Joal Jacobson
made a business trip to Arling
ton on Thursday.
Mrs. Guy Huddleston returned
home Thursday from Condon,
where she has been taking care
of the Garland Potter children.
Mr. and Mrs. Garland Potter are
the parents of a son Kevin Earl,
born at the Pioneer - Memorial
hospital at Heppner on June 28
and is a great-grandson of Mr.
and Mrs. Guy Huddleston.
Sharon Rogers was honored
with a birthday party on her
fourth birthday, Friday at the
home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Rogers. She received many
nice gifts from her playmates
and parents. After opening her
presents, lovely refreshments, in
cluding a decorated birthday
cake, were served by her mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stephens of
Kinzua, are visiting at the Ralph
Moore home over the weekend.
Mrs. Audra Randies returned to
Lonerock Saturday from Monu
ment, where she has been visiting
her son-in-law and daughter and
family, Mr. and Mrs. Norris Stub
blefield, for the last two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Haynes made
a business trip to Heppner on
Friday.
Mr. Bill Con boy of Condon was
caller in Lonerock Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Pete Haynes, and
Marilyn, Mr. and Mrs. Mattlon
Hicks, Joe Boyer, Mr. and Mrs.
Guy Huddleston were business
callers in Heppner during the
past week.
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