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About The Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1934-1934 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1934)
th e 73 Years In Cascade Locks T 1 D U U S fKHBIT U I lot. BY JACK McCKAKY New Fast Auto Truck Service between Portland and Cascade Locks, Bonneville and Bridal Veil. Leave Portland - C " « * L * ki ~ 10:00 A. M. 6 :0 0 P .M . IM JJ- 9 :3 0 1. M Leave Cascade L i n k s - “ 2 :3 0 P .M . 10:00 P. M. 1>\M CHRONICLE 4 :3 0 P .M . Midnight Portland Office— Ninth Avenue and Irving Street Telephone BRoadway 0441 Cascade Locks Office— Across street from meat market R. J. WUNF.R, Agent Erick Erickson Takes pleasure in announcing that he proposes to entertain with another big PARTY at the Rapids Club FRIDAY NIGHT The crowds continue to enjoy themselves at these parties because here it is possible for everyone to eat, drink and be merry. The music is good, the lights are bright and everyone comes with the avowed intention of enjoying themselves. That is why the Rapids Club is the merriest spot in the Bonneville Dam area. Here you can meet your friends, forget your troubles and spend the kind of an evening that makes life a delight. So come along. Come by yourself or make up a crowd. FAST DAILY SK R M f j |t l lir tir>t settlement on thr tbegun side of lhr nvrr in Hu. wa* in |SU bv K Ci \twrll Mr bird <'i> Craigntont ln<lrl a* •» ik»n**k»n land * trait m>w partly occupied t»y the , l,,im \ IntU* latrr lh.il «rvtion «•» CaxaiW I <>ck* whit h lie* ra«t of »he (VUI Fellow-» hall »*.»« taken up a* a donation claim l>y John t htproan l Inrl t'hrnowrth .» ik I his luml ol Indian« wrrr living in thwr Kirk houses down slung the river lorn! 1 hry fished and hunted l>U< *" ***** winter Irft the di*triit the Indian* on this side of the ro rr were *|uilc |teacr(ul. and Chief Chenoweth rr fuse»l to nuke war on the whites when the K lnki.it' SRd Nakiiiii* started war on he settlement a*ro«s the river March 2ft, l*< 6 I he t »' cade Indians knew of the a|n»nuch ¡ng attack and warned the whitrs on the Oregon 'idr. hilt employes of the Bradfords on the Washington side were unprejvtrrd. l hr Bradfords had a sawmill ami a store and also owned a narrow gauge tramway that ran down »hr riser front al»>ut Rock itrek to what cs now known as hherulan Point, about where old Fort Rains stood 1 hry had two rfver steamers, he Mary and the Wasco, lying in the riser In the attack four firoplr were killed. The whitrs gathered in the store and fought off the In d u n ' •<* three days until the two siramlnwit» went to Vancouver for help Clrnrral Phillip Sheridan, then a lieutenant stationed at Fort Vancouver, brought troo{>s and volunteers up the river and the Indians were driven off, but not until afrer they hail burned the houses and mill. I.ieut. Shernlan crossed the river with his ron|>s a mile or so lirlow the present site of the Bridge of the God*. The s{w>t where he crossed is marked with a sign board on a tree. Some of H M rm w M u i i Cascade Locks Lumber Co. The CASCADE LUMBER CO. has a big fire hose hanging on the wall for protection in case the building at the lumber yard should become overheated. W e carry a stock of— SHINGLES All grades of Cedar and Composition The kind that last a lifetime. Our PAINT will make your oud shack look like a newborn babe. We carry a large assortment of— DRESSED and UNDRESSED LUMBER BUILDERS’ HARDWARE CEMENT LIME PLASTER ROOFING and BUILDING PAPER DOORS and WINDOWS You may be looking for a ROUND POLE for your curtains or closet. We have a large assortment of MOULDINGS. See our SMALL STEP-LADDERS for use around the house. Olso we have a small stock of IRONING BOARDS for your pressing needs. I. O W EN , Local Manager PHONE 151 LESTER Auto Freight FR E DELIVERY SERVICE Portland Telephone AT 6524 lhr Ol walk Indian« wrrr »inpn trd of Iwipg involved In thr lighting and wrrr h.mgrd by lhr «cilidifft Mtrr thr Imitan uprising thr govrmmrnt placed the \ akmia», Wall«* Wallas, t matlM» ,hr IV nr and >ki»kaor* on ir«ri*4lion» Following fhi* rmivr of thr govern meut, people Iwgaft I" ,n,° r-intern Oregon and W « h iltit1* 1 'ogtn of gold wrrr found. < aliform* minent had llu k rd to British Col tirnbi.t seeking gold, and Iteing di* tppoinled returned and comaten-ed I turning g,>l,l on tIve ( olumbta ami it« ttibiilarir-» l lie ru*h of gold «rekrf* created a demand for supplie* m the Uppe* country and «everal ilrattiluxl» wrrr put on lhr nvrr However, the prr, rut I'awode lawk» m>l lirttcfiltrd .ipil remained only an liulian tallage rvirpt lor tlir prewncr of Jame« Thompson » vtwmill on the hule i reek which llow« lui k of the W r \»fc f Inn I he town «a« on the Ollier «idr of the m et I lie Bradford* rebuilt their mill rhom|«*un worked for them, a« hail Jame» Hetman, for whom IIrrman irrek i» named, ami John Windward »a» al««> ap employe I hey all livrd on lhr W a «King ton «ule, but eventually found thru way to thr Oregon ««le of the rivet I he Bradford« hail |>ul the Jame« I* Hint, a «mall boat built in the ca»t, on the river in l*S 2 She w*% the fir«l boat to run above thr ca»*aile» |*Tmr to thr Indun war of I *36 Captain J C. Amvworh. father of the prevent lie ail of the t'm lrd 'Mate* National lunk of Portland, |iut the .«tramer Belle on thr river, ami it wa« followed by thr Fashion, owned by J <• \ an Bergen I hen J $. Ruckle built tlie Mountain Burk It ip turn wa* followed by the Mary and thr W urn, both ownnl by the Brailfortl« The ItradfouK built thru horte drawn tramway on the W'avhington «■dr of the river in |8$l In I » SA Van Bergen obtained a right of way ■ m the I fregón «tile ami te g jn con struction o f a tramway lirfwren Bonneville anil < a** aile l ock* later Kuiklr ami Henry Oltmtrad j«ur- (hated the ( irrgon tramway ami com pitted it Iwfore I Sr»I W'e «ame in over the line from Bonneville when our family t .one to \ aw aile Lot k« at thr outbreak of the civil war. Olrnvtrad built a house in l8ftJ down by the river and madr hi» home herr Hi» old home iv now the rail road «ettion house ami i« the >dtlr*i houv m town It wa« located on the old John Chipman donation claim The ( hipmap« lived on up the hill thing* wrrr getting |»rr|ty lively on the river when we tame up here. For the nect 20 year«, or until the railroad wa* built, everything moved by boat to Bonneville ami over the tramway to Cascade Lock», to lie tranvferred here to Imatv on the u[t{irt river run. Foumlation for the Ainvworth for tune wa* laid on the river, ami might lie «aid to have liern made at Ca»- i.ulc I-ock«, for < apt am Ainsworth joined the Bradford», ‘I hom|rw>n, t»lm«te.i apd otlier« in formmgd tlie I nion Tranqiortation corn|tany. That wa» in the early '60s. A little later they organized the Oregon Steam Navigation com|«ny and for wo de cade« dominated the river through control of the |*irtagr road They charged all the traffii would liear ami lietame ruh Ip the late ‘70* they sold out to the O \V. R A N. com pany for millions. They had contracts from the government for hauling the mail, troo|M and Mipfdie*, and every lioat carried gold «eekers and laml hungry homrMr.idrr* I hove were the day« and river traffic hummed with activity. But ( astatic lank» was not to «harp in the activities uptil the railroad and lotk» were built in t878. TW EEN P O R T IA S ’ 1) \v CASCAIHC DM K s AND AU W \N *1 »IN I S Our Truck* provide « i ^ i convenient metluMl of grtu^ your luuiing iloiie No delay*, mi fed la|e i t u r n - a n d i i r m i w l I DO I 1 a»t Water 'tiret Irtepbone t A ll J*oo I \S< \l*l I « H KS II HMIVv Amlrew» St.»»r Telr|ihiii»e I I SHIP YOUR GOODS BY AUTO FREIGHT IK) YOU WANT TO MAKE MONEY? Rr mi lent e lot» I of m > .raw* Irailr in Cawade Lock« Itrsia well, plenty of -ire*, i iviimg. bathing, U>*tii . rr.^ tain climbing, Iv.rwl.a. a r«4ai wonderful climate, line«! iftg water. Sat or Wrtt* A. W. MEYER ( AM JUIt law K», I I lM « DUT wool TOR Silt St-iiMim-d Wood - 1 * inch, 16 -inch and Ill- inch -delivered in tow* at $1.25 per load $S.® per cord. Prompt *?•! vice. Phone central office leave order* with Mn Kaiaer, opposite drut store. Harvey F ok Farm RO O SEVELT BAR and L U N C H ........... Cigar i, Cigar fi le t , I W » A congenial spot in whick ■ meet your Irieml*. Acme and Rainier On Draught Ca*r\nr lx« as, f)»i'xw .Yen* l )pen to the 1 ‘ubUt THE LUCILLE BEAUTY SHOP Mrs. I.Media Mender to*, A modern »hop with the equipment and e\|>eN<‘i,<<^ operators. O Oj»en 10 a. m. to 5 P- m I.. W. Miller, .iMktant chief en gineer at the Bonneville dam, played * PERMANENT W-WIN'6 in luck la»t wrek when he found a hou*e across the railroad racks mirth Upstairs in I. O. I> F. HJ nf the administration building, ami almve the postoffic*- ha* brought hi» family up from Port land Hr i» ho|iefui that hi» luck will 1 CASCADE IDCKS, oRE^ «tay with him to the («tint where he will be able to obtain one of the new 1 st the C hronicle ham llt J* modern home» which the government ¡oh oI printing. is building on the reservation.