C o n s t r u c t i o n o f t h e s p illw a y d a m , t h e p o w e r h o u s e a n d lo c k s
a t B o n n e v i l l e , t o g e t h e r w ith r e m o v a l o f t h e U n i o n P a c i f i c rail«
ro a d tra c k s a n d reb u ild in g of th e s ta te h ig h w a y th ro u g h th e
B o n n e v i l l e D a m a r e a will b r i n g m illi o n s o f d o l l a r s in to t h e Cas*
c a d e L ocks d istric t.
B u s in e s s m e n o f C a s c a d e L o c k s a r e l o o k in g f o r w a r d a n d
p r e p a r i n g to h a n d l e t h e t r e m e n d o u s v o lu m e o f b u s in e s s t h a t w ill
a c c r u e to th e m .
B u t if C a s c a d e L o c k s is t o p r o f i t m u s t b e r e a d y a n d w illin g
to d i s c h a r g e t h e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y o f s e e in g t h a t t h e w o r k e r s a r e
p r o p e r l y h o u s e d , t h a t t h e e m p l o y e s o n t h e d a m a r e a b l e to c a s h
th e ir ch eck s w ith o u t d e la y , th a t th e fam ilie s of th e m en h a v e
o p p o rtu n ity fo r re c re a tio n a n d e n te rta in m e n t.
T h e s p ir it o f h e l p f u l n e s s is m a n i f e s t e d o n e v e r y h a n d b y t h e
b u s i n e s s m e n . T h e y h a v e e n d e a v o r e d to m a k e C a a c a d e L o c k s a
f r i e n d l y t o w n a n d a g o o d t o w n in w h ic h to t r a d e a n d p la y . O n l y
c o t t a g e s a r e n e c e s s a r y to s w e ll t h e p o p u l a t i o n f o u r o r f i v e tim e s
its p r e s e n t size . T h e g o v e r n m e n t m u s t b e u r g e d t o b u i l d t h e m a t
o n c e . T h e y w ill b e n e e d e d t o s u p p l e m e n t t h e c o t t a g e s b u i l t b y
p riv a te c ap ital.
DAM CHRONICLE
VDl t MK I
CASCADE LOCKS, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNK 8. 1914
SUPER HIGHWAY
MERCHANTS OF
ASCADE LOCKS I TO COST STATE
TO CASH CHECKS $170,000 PER MILE
NUM BER 10
T h e A irw a y s K eep er.
By Noble F. Hyde.
Night, the stars and river seaward sweep.
Night winds in the pines whisper, sigh and moan.
Night things, rousing from their daylight sleeping,
Greet the moon upon her mountain throne
Fog, above the marshland, ghost-like creeping,
And
I, high on the rocky tree-fringed bluff, alone,
O r e g o n 8 id e to P a y 10 C enta
m b e r A p p o in ts C o m m ittee New R oad B etw ee n C a scad e
Alert to warn bom danger those wliose lives are in my keeping
K illo w a tt H o u r fo r F ir s t 35
M eet B a n k e rs an d O btain
L ocks an d B onneville to Oo
C en ts an d T h re e C enta
F u n d s W ith W hich to
T h ro u g h T u n n el a t
A rumbling freight train puffs its the siding, fills its ank,
T h e re a fte r.
Sighs, a t (latently it awaits another's meeting.
H an d le P ay ro ll
E ag le C reek
A steamer, ports aglow, glides Tong the farther bank,
Unknown to it, has often sent me greeting
Lower light and power rates, tenta­
Orrgon’s new sufier highway up
^The (Noblrni of obtaining ihangr
With rheumic wheeze and distant muffled clank ,
tively promised two weeks ago in the
Ih » h u h to tarry <>n bu»inr»a and the Columbia Gorge, brtween Caacad
And sloshing paddle wheels the water beating—
need for money with which to lank* and Portland, is e i|m tr d to
course of a bearing in Cascade Locks,
I mourned a friend the day I heard (hat it had sank.
tint
$5.0u0,000
before
it
is
completed,
:h |Miyr<>U check» (nun Ibmnrville
were announced June 1 in an order
was attacked Wednesday by the according to estimates of engineers.
issued by Charles M. Thomas, public
The
moon
ascends
and
jeweled
dewdrops
dot
the
lawn,
Cost of the first unit, between
junbrr of Commerce.
M
Moves
across
the
heavens,
poised
and
pround,
utilities commissioner.
Much butane».» was lust to Cascade Troutdale and Multnomah Falls, is
Net
humbled
often
as
it
travels
on;
The new rates are identical with
: ks merchants last Saturday, due e*|ie< led to rrac h $2,700.000, or $180
Such times it meets a drifting, vagrant cloud.
iheir inability to handle all the 000 a mile (or the I 5 miles.
the rates fixed by the public service
And takes its light behind the western hill, where it has gone,
:ks that were presented Business
The stale highway department at
commission for the Washington side
And leaves the world in velvet star benched shroud
,
tes all over town ran out of cur- Salem has a crew of men working on
of the river, where the West Coast
Which slowly fades before advancing davn.
. y early in ibe a I lax no* m and the plans for the road in anticipation of
Power company serves the toxrn of
^rkers were div*tn»nn!rd in not br- obtaining a loan from the federal
From out of the west, a hum increasing from a sigh;
Stevenson
and adjacent territory.
; able to jieocure cash on their ffuvrrnment. However, greatest in­
Alxive the mountains, fa»t afiproach light green and red,
The West C o -'t supplies the entire
terest in the department centers a-
IJ sr.
The early morning plane, on schedule winging high,
Bonneville
dam area on the Oregon
At Wednesday's mreting the cham- bout construction of that section of
Swiftly on its journey pa»rs overhead—
r disru»ard means of remedying the the road which must be built through
side
with
light
and power. Its ser­
Fmerald and ruby motors 'cross a diamond sprinkled sky,
uation The liank of S trvrnv* has the Bonneville dam area.
vice
extends
from
Herman creek to
The echoes of his (massing linger for a space and die.
The Bonneville Dam area section
n bringing $ 1000 across the river
Multnomah Falls.
rry Saturday, but discontinued the will, roughly, parrllel the Union
New rates announced: For resi­
CHAMBER SPONSORS HOP
i j *» due to the hr.ivy co»t of uiMir Pacific racks, according to present ITINERANTS WARNED
dences, first 35 kilowatt hours, 10
le on the money. The tiank has of- plans. If the highway departments
a kilowatt hour and three cents
AGAINST SEEKING JOBS
AT CRAIGM0NT HOTEL cents
,ed to help meet the situation if the idea» are adopted the road will go
thereafter.
esaary details can lie worked out through a 700 foot tunnel at Eagle
For residences using electricity for
Transients who come into the
A bevy of girls, each of whom
creek.
the satisfaction of everybody.
Bonneville dam area seeking work would lie queen of the ball to be held both lighting and cooking, first 25
Estimated cost of reconstructing are only wasting their time and also
I’residen A. W. Meyer of the
Saturday night. June 30, as the open­ kilowatt hours, 10 cents a kilowatt
the
highway between Cascade Locks threaten to become public charges in
Amber .ip|*>mtr<l W. J. Carlson, R.
ing event of the Fourth of July cele­ hour and three cents thereafter.
and
Dodson
have
not
been
nude
A minimum charge of $1 is al­
C a« ad r Dicks if encouraged to visit bration. have been busy for doys
Andrews and Dick Morris mem-
lowed for homes using only lights
rs of a committee to take the public, but the es|iense is going to Bonhrville, Frank R. Hays, labor selling tickets.
and $2 for homes using electricity for
alter up with the First Ntumal lie greater than anticipated, it ap­ agent at the dam, told the Chamber
Saturday night of this week the cooking.
nk at Hood River and the liank pears. The state wants to build the of Commerce in a noonday talk.
girl who has disposed of thelargest
eight or nine miles of road to con­
Water heater rates were fixed at
A transient, hr explained, is a per­
Stevenson.
numlier
of tickets since the contest one and a half cents a kilowatt hour
form with the grade it proposes to son who has not resided in a county
With the building of the spillway
lay down on the su.wr highway. This for at least six months, or a person opened will be awarded a cash prize for continuous service, and for peak
« and the removal of the I'nion
mean» s wider mad than at present, who has been away from his home of SIS. The award will be made at a service, one cent a kilowatt hour.
cific tracks, payrolls at the dam
datne to be held at the Craigmont
the elimination of curves and a grade county for a period of two years.
'll run into thousands of dollars
hotel.
that will lie on a parity with the
L o ck s to E n te r F lo a t.
Hood River couny lias a quota of
ftry week. These will have to I**
T
he
dance
is
under
uuspices
of
the
railroad
grade.
eight men out of every 100; the en­
Cascade Locks will have a float
rolled in addition to the cashing
length of time to be consumed in tire state of Washington has a quota Chamber of Commerce and the Civic in the Rose Festival parade this year.
government warrants and the
club and will be open to the public. This became certain when Mrs. R.
jet ks drawn by the Guy F. Atkin- construction work has not lieen fixed, of 16 out of every hundred; Multno­
A 51 piece orchestra has lieen ob­ E. Andrews, head of a committee
it
is
said,
but
will
provide
work
for
mah
county
has
a
quota
of
75
men
i company. The contracts direct
out of every 100. However, more tained for he occasion and Mrs. E. appointed to work in conjunction
it |wiyrolls lie met in cash, but it a large number of men.
Hood River county men. many of Finlay, proprietor of the hotel, has with the committees which are help­
not convenient for I lie contractors
whom are from Cascade Locks, are promised that the merrymakers will ing with Fourth of July plans. took
|>ay in cash, and feeling is currrnt O v e rse a s V e te ra n s O rg a n ise
being
employed on the dam than the have ample room in which to do the hold and ironed out all of the details.
unrig business men that Cascade
Veterans of Foreign Wars have or­ county is entitled to, according to light fantastic.
The float will be decorated with
k ks should maintain sufficient
ganized the Damsite Post, No. 3051, Mr. Hays.
The
Saturday
night
dance
is
the
ferns»
An Indian tepee will be mount­
inuls on hand to meet all dem ands.1 ht Bonneville with more than 60
All labor employed at the dam firs of a series that will lead up to ed on a truck, which is being donated
members. The post expects to meet passes through Mr. Hays' office, and the queen's ball on the night of June for the occasion by W. H. Clark. Hal
E n g in e e rs to R aze Hill.
every Thursday night in the Com­ he asked Cascade Locks business men 30. when the girl who has sold the Babbitt, one of the owners of the
Army engineers charged with the munity Center. Charter jnemlier» are
largest numlier of tickets will lie Bonny Yille, in West Bonneville, has
sk of relocating the Union Pacific lieing accepted at $1 each. An in­ to coofierate by discouraging job
elected to preside over the festivities. consented to decorate it. He is an ac­
seekers
from
flocking
into
town.
All
arks propose to whittle away the vitation ha* been extended to all
Committees are working on details complished artist and does consid­
luff at View Point, overlooking Bon- veterans in the Bonneville clam area lalxir is hired cither in The Dalles or |
of the celebration and plans are go­ erable painting in his spare time.
in
Portland,
and
it
is
useless
for
men
,villa dam, (or a distance of several to join the |>ost and help make it one
hunting work to come direct to the ing forward for the largest Fourth
inched yards.
of the largest in the state outside of dam.
in the state this year.
M errill S ta r t s D an ce H all
T he bluff is occupied by the homes Portland. A special effort will lie
J. A. Merrill, proprietor of Mer­
Mrs. M. B. Hill and Samuel C. 1 nude to get Cascade Locks veterans
Erick Erickson is putting on an­
E a g le s In itia te s C lass.
rill's Barbeque, started construction
rolcaster. The whittling away pro­ to enroll.
o th e r party at his Rapids club Friday
The Kagles lodge held an initiatory work Wednesday on the new dance
may cause the entire hill to lie
Frank R. Hays, federal labor night. Invitations are out to the en­ ceremony Tuesday night at Odd Fel­ hall which he is building on the prop
zed.
commander. Other officers are Leo tire countryside on both sides of the lows hall, when it tixik in 42 new erty in the rear ok his restaurant.
Three reasons are assigned for
I. Ellis, senior vice commander; "river. The parties at the Rapids club members. The organization is seek­ His brother. Colon, has been busy
earing away the bluff;
George Stovall, junior vice com­ are always enjoyable affairs and itis ing to enroll 150 members with a for several days getting the ground in
1. T he railroad wants to avoid con-
mander; Charles E. Regan, chaplain; anticipated that a large crowd will view to building in Cascade D aks shape and the foundation under way
ruction of a tunnel.
Chester E. Ross, quartermaster. The be in attendance.
and opening club rooms. The lodge fot the floor.
2. The engineers want to obtain
adjutanat, guard and color liearers
will embrace all the memliers in the
The floor will by 60 by 80. This
k from the hill with which to rip
The Union Pacific has ordered a Bonneville dam area. D. D. Hale, will give a total floor space of 4800
[i the mountainside through Ruckle will lie apjiointed by the post.
tele(Uione installed in the railroad state president, and other officers feet. Work is being rusher! on the
le
floor in an effort to make it ready
Don Francis, manager of the Cas­ station. This may mean much and it s|x>kf at Tuesday night’s meeting.
1. Railroad officials and engineers
for
use as early as possible. Construc­
Sunday
the
Portland
Kagles
will
may
mean
nothing.
However,
it
has
ist that passengers on railroad cade Drug company, is ill this week
tion of the hall insures the town of a
run
an
excursion
up
the
river
to
Bon­
given
rise
to
the
report
that
the
rail»
in
Portland.
Charles
S.
Harlock,
reg­
s would not I n * able to obtain a
dance floor for the Fourth of July
"f the clam unless the rail line istered pharmacist, is filling the posi­ road is pre|Niriug to put station agent neville. They have chartered the celebration
Swan
and
will
dance.
in
charge
at
Cascade
Locks.
tion liehind the prescription counter.
a*kls the fiNit of the bluff.
STATE REDUCES
LIGHTING RATES
IN DAM DISTRICT