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About The Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1934-1934 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1934)
HE DAM CHRONICLE V »1 I M F l • \S< \ m . I.IM KS, OKKCiON, I KIDAY. J I M . I. 1934 BONNEVILLE DAM~ Contest Is Launched AREA TO OBTAIN To Name Dance Queen NEW POWER RATE Fourteen Girls Running ENGINEERS LET BUILDING ACTIVE CONTRACT FOR AS WORK AT DAM SPILLWAY DAM GETS UNDER WAY C vi rnnn nt P repari » to C reale F‘*rty Collage» Under Oonalruc Work or 1000 M«n al Bun Non and Bigine»« House» v .1 1 . ». % l a p a n d l t m n of $10 ,00 0 ,0 0 0 M i | ^ *« UMovlng \w.uding of the contrail for With »Iw awarding "I a contrail tlw Columbia CuniinKiioa com iousttuction ol the spillway dam at ^Bin\ tu ra la ) lui building ol tba Bonneville, p»th contracts for n «llw.iy liuti .il lUmnevillr tlw way moval ol tlw I nioti I'.uifu tracks and budding of tlw piwrr house OI «.I .i $l< ooo.tmo payroll h I. u I» Coming Up, has had the result id a II |i(o\ ..Ir lo. IOO litri. Ill tlic starting a lively building campngn in tlw Honors .Hr dam area. B ■ mu'..Ur dam nr.. Work on tlw »|»ll«*r.»y dam a¡II Iw I>rman<is for real estate have Iw _bm m em .nl ju»t a» -. n . m .<•. «lii.nU <«1 tome a itisr and a number of new tl r «ontra« l i.m I« t«>mpletrd It ii business houses are to Iw built at ^fci tu ; i i!«d i!iii < . « i « I weeks » .11 ontr, according to present plans ■I • • 11 i «o be started J II Hurt, who is budding a 3- || r.itiw«t, lint tlw «• Ulta« tors al«- gl rad) getting tin nii m \hajx- tu *t«>ry Imtrl on Main strrrl, r\|wits to start work on a second building |> at ontr. I 11.«- H.l) H.ll in» tlw major ¡«>t it ..i tim« \i.tii it includes • "¡i §l latitili ol .«II laut tom ol tl.r darn tg'.u I. ».II rxtr.al llom tlw |mSr| h -r in tlw iloti, h across lii.i.lloid ban «! to ihr Washington 'la.fr I lie d m most I-« Ini.li in two srtlions d r to tlw problem ol tarrying on W ir k » it It. nit riuoulrruiK tix» mo« I i 4 -Ila tilt v (r«'in tin- rivrr T | \onwrous f«"|xilts ll.ltr l«rrl. g«i it t ! r ota 1 ri !.i! r. r to »I > j in'. • tr w..|i will Iw l.«rtr«l It ».is <jl I t !:t t .s 1 f’erras is rushing work on Im new building, next d«H>r to the p istolfiir. 1» J Francis has pun ha'ed the |K'>|wrty* mimnl.atrly west of the t hid Fellows lull and will rrect a 2 st<>ry business pr«.|wrty. The lower I loot will Iw given over to a retail store, tlw second Hoot to of- f u r i NUMBER 9 West Coast Tells State It Is Ready to Cooperate in Cnt- ting Costs of Lighting ( h<»i*!tig a quei-n to preside «»ver a dam celebration is Iwing manifested the Homes bill to tw hel«l Saitirday night, June »0 as thè «ijwning evrnt of thè 4 «lay Bonneville «latti celebrai ion w«-rk of July 4th in ( .»vaile lanks is eri grossing altriition througliout thr Itofinex ille datn arra lu k rts to thè Itali are Iwing m »I«I at 50 « rnts e.u h, and ea« h li« ket car nei a cou|ion good for a «Irawing to lw hrl«l on a new 1954 Plymouth se- dati, pur« ha se« 1 fr<>m ( «arra lira ut Bros. J'lymoutli and Chrysler dealer» in Ibxxl River. Cash pnzrs of $150 will lw award rd to girli selling ticket» to thè «Lince. I he girl vlling largrst numlwr of cickrts jtrior to night of June 10 will lw «Ics lare«! «jorrii of thè ball an«i piaird <«n thè thronr to rrign over thè inerry crowil whiili »«Il lw drawn to ( ,.v ««le la s k i f«>r thr < kc a-lofi 1 he committee in «hargr of thè Itali, headed by Dave Dinsmore, an noimi « s 14 entries by girls who would la- «|u«-eti However. sin«e entries are o|wn to gitls throughout thr mid- Columbia «h tr.it, it i» anticipateci thai thè numltrr «.( contestants will lw doublé that numlier Itefore thè en«l of anothrr w«-rk. li« krts will lx- place«) «m s.ile Fri- «Liy. 1 he girl d.sjstsing «>f thè greatest numlwr by June ‘> will lx- awardrd ; $ 15 in cash. The girl selling thè grratrst numltrr up lo July 4th will lw awardrd >50 in «.»sii The otte v ll- mg thè se«orwl largest numlwr will lx- awjrded $20 in cash, third, $15 in «ash Fbr next four highest will rc- « rise $5 ea« h. \\ .«Ir interest in thè H<>nn«‘\ille M I I lakes has purchased the lots linmnliately tuck of thr < hid Felhiw» hall (non Julius J Carlson ^ b It t nial«, frrtm ol tlw «unirai ts it and ii rrpirted to I m - planning to It ««j ninnai » .tl. tlw contractors btiilil at once. Jon Merrill ec|ws ts to grt work W i . H Hans |i(o-.i<lr lot a «ollrrdain started at once on a new ■ inner hall, . - .... .u to . the street from the (hid I rl- h W • . lows hall. ^B i . iim|i|rlr«l tlw . "II« t \ muni < t of oilwr investors are <1 in will I m - torn away an«l a rsoi.il planning new bmtiiings, some of k which we ho|w (o Iw ahlr to an- I Water in tlw rivrr will flow rtouncr next week. I 11. al . it« t hi i "I ('ullages are going up m in- il ret ion ami through th«- creasing numlwr throughout llw dis- «citih * ontra«ton has«- itinlied tlw irn t 1 Iwrr arr now 40 or more, p i|rm ol ha.idling the riser and rithcr under construction or almut ^B i| x ir t<> share tlw opinion <d m- lo Iw built. ^H iw rrs that tlw Columbia can Iw \ W Meyer has st.irt«-d work on Hi np|wd two cottages m Cascade lan k *; 1> I hrrw l.i«ls »rre submitted. H.g- M. Haskins is starting w«irk on a«l- «i surprise is.»' lailure ol tlw (my «\tional cottages near tlw Kid «V Vikmson company t<> obtain tlw White store, the sevrn John Folg- J. i I hr bid* li.iin cottages, just east of the Kr«i t iilumbia t nnsiru« linn company. \ White store, are I wing rushed to .‘>72.1150. i ompletmn. ■ Cenerai Construction company ol On the highway a numlwr of new attle and J. K, Shea Conijiany, cottages an- under construction. At i . Port land, $9,43( I >ilas Mason ««u.ip.it.v Nets \ ork . l.aglr Creek Heights 10 more are i \ikinaun « otnpany. s -in Iwing hurrieil to completion by the owners \t l.ni|uist, or West Bonne Pi nis«o, and W I' hwr com piny. ville. another 10 cottages are either S. II I heno, 10,428,400. (under way or will Iw within the ■ Greatest interest in mnnection ith the dam (ipjrmscs to center week. \t W.»rrend.de another 10 cottages are going up, or will Iw ¡»mil the t> iM* of toffrrdam used, lie Huy I Atkinson company is going up within a week. Demands for rental pro|wrty by- _JI ■■ ,r ; « «1 to Iw .itili ir-« i with having lo the job rather than undertake employes on thr dam are growing i for a lower figure than it sub- steadily stronger. Many, unable to Bitted. Reason llitause it felt a rent, are prejtaring to build their M< « I type of toffrrdam must even own cottages. At least two and probably more til-.My Iw used. ■ Sin i eisful bidders and army en- investors have been going over the jÉiwers have a ty|x* of cofferdam in ground in Cascade tanks with the ^ B n d whiih will utilize heavy tint- intention of erecting large groups of be« and clay. They are building the cottages which can Iw rented to B< il.ler dam and are presumed to government workers during con be in authority in construction on struction of the dam, and later rented to tourists and Portland |wo- stem rivers. ¿M onili ago thè army engineers ple who will want to live on the lake. fili«11 and leveled ground west of thè raihoad station al Bonneville fnr In Role of Auctioneer. p pur|M»sra in connection with Samuel (' .Iatncastrr will apiwarj lildmg ni thè cofferdam. N'ow it is thè cnntractors will !>e rrtpiirrtl in the role of auctioneer at a pie j social to Iw given Friday night liy to binili their own camp. (he Woman's club of Bonneville at The (ivi« club will In dii its regu the Bonneville Community Center. [nionthly meeting at thè Orld l ei- Members of the club will bake the hall Ériday night. As therr are pies which are to lie auctioned off kumber of impirtant subjects tu (o thr highest iiiddrr for the pur-. ■tscusneil. thè tifili eri are anx I xts»« of raising funds. An hour's p ro -! "iat m nwny memlwrs as jkm - gram, which will precede the sa le,; ‘ w,|l Iwpresent. will start at 8 o’clock. in Portland and in towns all up and fiown the Columbia river. A bdica tion- for concessions arr coming in to Die committees, but none will fte granted until the contracts are ready for signatures. Posters inviting the jwople of the states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho to the celebration are being printed and will Iw distributed over a wi«ie territory. Biggest problem confronting the committee is the matter of housing the visitors, who will Iw invited to come to Cascade Locks for the four day* Posters heralding the celebra tion will carry the names «if hotels and camp groumis within the district. When their accomnwxlations are ex- hausted the visitors will Iw given op portunity to occupy free camp privi leges. William Keeler, in charge of camj> grounds, will su|wr\ise the rutting of ire wixxl and the installation of water taps. He exjwits lo call for volunteers to help assemble tW fire w«x»d. \. T. Stewart ami his committee has obtained |x*rmission from the fed eral government for y«iungsters to shoot their Fourth of July firecrack ers on the island at the lock«. The West Coast Power company Ju s announced that it will contribute ¿o »he celebration by lighting the *ir«-ets with strings of lights, which will give a holiday effect. Frick Krickson is busily engaged in organizing l««g mlling contests to run through three and perhaps f«»ur days. A P IC T U R E SHOW Kntertainment is an important factor in attract ing people to a trading center. Hood River hits a splendid picture show. So does Stevenson. And people who are not satisfied with the pictures offered in the Mid-Columbia section can drive to Portland and en joy an afternoon or evening at the movies. Cascade Locks needs, and should have, a high class picture house. The Sunday evening entertain ment now offered the public can only have the result t>f making the public tlesirious of seeing something really worth while. A sheet, hard chairs and sound do not, cannot make a house. It is too much like making the proverbial silk purse out of the sow’s ear. Prices are high quite as high, in fact, as the public is for- fed to pay in the city. Hood River merchants are straining themselves to obtain trade from the west end of the county. They realize that good movies draw trade. Unhappily, the owner of the Cascade Locks show ownes the theater in Hood River. II people smile at his entertainment in Cascade Locks and drive to Hood River he is noth ing out of pocket and the Hood River business houses benefit. In all of Oregon there must be a theater man who is tlesirious of developing a picture house in Cascade Locks. That man should be found and encouraged to establish a theater here. Merchants wjll profit from the trade— for trade does follow the films. Power and light rates in the Bonneville <lam area, from Cascade l.«.ck$ to Multn«»mah Falls, will be materially reduced at an early date. Phis lx-« ante dear at the hearing held last Friday before J. J . Han lon, examiner f«>r Charles M. Thomas, pubis« utilities commis sioner. The hearing, called by Commis sioner Thomas after numerous com plaints had been filed at Salem over the 15 cents «Jomestic lighting rate, was well attended. The state had |>rc|»are<i a case against the West Coast Power company and presented it by calling Mark G. Koblin, chief auditor in the public utilities com missioner s office, to the stand. In the course of the hearing it deve!«i[x*d that Stevenson, across the river, had been granted a rate of 10 cents on its first 35 kilowatt hours and three cents thereafter. The state intrcxiuced evidence showing that Hood River is enjoy ing a rate of eight and one-half «.ents on its first 34 kilowatt hour» and three cents thereafter. Exami ner Roblin indicated that he pro posed to reci*mmend a rate in the brackets for the Oregon side of the river. H. A. Martin, district manager for the power company, declared in the course of the hearing that his company realized pates were out of line, now that the Bonneville dam area is developing very rapidly, ami said the adjustment was one of de tail and understanding between his organization, the consumers and the state. Evidence was introduced to bring out ownership of the West t oast Power company, and it developed that the company is owned by the Peoples Light & Power company of New York. power company, cross examined the states witnesses, and was in turn cros' examined by William Norris, an engineer now employed as an in spector on the Cannon Brothers' drilling contract, who appeared for a group of Bonneville dam employ es living at Enquist. The hearing «»pened at 10 o'clock and continued for four hours with J . B. Laber taking the lead in aid ing the state obtain testimony from Cascade bocks people. W. J . Carl son, secretary of the Civic Hub. had in\*ite«i Tunis Wvers, Hixxl River attorney, to act for the city. Mr. Wyers was present and tendered his services but did not remain through out the hearing. HOME OWNERS MAY BUILD THEIR OWN POWER LINES The West Coast Power company is preparing to waive it sdemandh for a cash loan on lines built into new cottages along the highway, and will allow owners to construct their own lines. Under this policy after installation has been made by people who want lights. Complaints over inability of prop erty owners along the highway to obtain lights was ainxf at the hear ing before the examiner for hte public service commissioner last Fri- ilay. JVfterwards the power com- pany officials conferred with the protest an is. The public service commission comjxds the utilities to use cedar poles on permanent construction. It is expected to waive this clause and allow fir poles to be used by own ers of cottages.
