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THE DAM CHRONICLE
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CONTRACTORS ON
POWERHOUSE ARE
LOSING NO TIME
< VSCADK LiM KS, OREGON, FR ID A Y , JU L Y 20, 1914
OUR NEW LOCATION
CONSTRUCTION
WORK STARTED
ON GIANT DAM
NUMBER 16
CHAMBER TO SPONSOR
DANCES AT CRAIGMONT
AND JIM MERRILL’S
PRESIDENT WILL
VISIT DAM SITE
ON AUGUST THIRD
The dance at the ( raigmont hotel
Saturday night will I*- sponsored by
the Chamber of Commerce, which is*.
| (}, in-riil and B h c a S t a r t W ork
Bon nev ille D am area, ha» had difficulty in finding
Colum bia C on struction C om ­ endeavoring to raise funds for the
_ ** vnMge in Plans P u ts
,,n Jo b W ithout A w a itin g
pany Opens O ffice on B r a d ­
[Mjrjmsr
of
fraying
off
all
of
the
ob-
•* Bonneville fo r
Form al C o n firm atio n of
a perm ane nt home where it could hang out the latch
ford Island T w o D red g es
ligations
incurred
during
the
Fourth
J
®
“ &n<I Tour of
T h eir Bid
To S t a r t W ork
of July celebrati'»n.
•tring to the public, hut it hope» that it i» finally
"Jim " Merrill will not attempt to
”
I hr («roeral t . >n*iru< lion com-
With preliminary work largrly dis- hold a dance this Saturday night, arid
settled in a district where callers will not encounter
f*80*
1
'ir
President Roosevelt’s
,u:i) »'Hi ihr J I M»r4 i.Knpall),
povd of the Columbia Construction next week the chamber will dance at
t0 Bonneville dam have been
I tra,i..r% -.n iI k * n4MK*l*<*n b*k»
more than ordinary trouble in finding the publishers.
company, contractors on the $ 10,- Merrill s pavilion, and there will be c^ nK»d repeatedly and may undergo
»1*1 Ihr |*»wrfhoUM’ sulotrui turr »1
000,000 spillway flam at Bonneville no Saturday night dance at the Craig- mfJtt changes before he actually puts
I he new o f f ic e is directly up the hill from the
ihr ti<-nnrvtllc «Urn, arc not waiting
is moving swiftly to get the job well mont. In this manner it is believed ¡n ki- appearance, but the latest word
L , ..I tJ»t. I..111141 approval «»I thru
under way while weather conditions that enough funds can be obtained (,n
subject indicates that he will
l ,
,[.(»*■ t li»i( 4fr plunging into thr L ak es id e Market and across the street from R. E.
are favorable.
from the two dances to practically vis*t the project on Friday afternoon,
(4d of gelling thru Job uinlrr way
Plans and specif ¡cations a re out wijie out all indebtedness.
And rews & Company. I he home we have selected
'ugust J-
[«nth 4 s>rw to io(n|drting it a* rally
and buls have l»een called for con­
The dance at the Craigmont this
The president has cancelled set
it ja>Mit>ir
will serve until a new building is completed on the
strue tion of bunkhousrs at the mouth week and the dance at Merrill s talks or addresses scheduled for Bon-
f»t! »tram «hiw lt Wrfr j.ut lo
iif Tanner creek and a crew of work­ pavilion a week from Saturday are to nevffle and Coulee dam and will not
property. If you c a n ’t read and are reluctant to in-
jm rk tin« wrrk excavating dirt and
men are building an office and homes liear the usual charge of 50 cents for speak at length in the Pacific North­
U.«k I -im thr |*iwrtliiiu* wtr. an»i a
on Bradford island.
men—ladies free.
*cst.
yuire, just set a juicy huckleberry pie on the sidewalk
ctr* I turn 1« busily rfigagc»l in (»»it
The company opened an office in
“Jim Merrill is employing one of
He and his party win go imme- j
I ti-.i* u|> an nil Mr building <> tit hr ir*
1 temporary building on the island the liest ore hast ras obtainable for the diatefy to a special train n>on arrival j
and that will bring the editors out of their den. W e
| !ir of I li r budding It i.lir
i Thursday and is now actually on the danc e at his place and the indications of the navy ship Houston in Portland, i
»lory in height ami of frame cun»truc
suggest this latter method, for it is sure fire.
ground. It is working a crew of SO are that it will include seven pieces.
From Portland be will c«ne up to
lti..n It «land« )u«t north of thr rad
men temporarily on the Washington
I’lcyt* for the dances were dis- Bonneville lor a tour of inspection,
f. . I tia. kt tin thr »«.ad leading a* rtiti
vide of the river. These men are being issed Wednesday at the chamber present plan» call fix a SG ' mu.c
iitadb'fd dough
I*uriled in hotels and restaurants.
meeting at the Craigmont President stay at the dam. During tjk 4 >p *t
| A ttrlalrr, gm rfal nvanagrr
,Vs the work gets under way in A. W. Meyer, who has presided at the dam he is expected to fine imw
at..' 1 «
Nn ' ' - m gnirfal -.u;»r BONNEVILLE DAM GIVEN
GROUND IN RESERVATION 'earnot the numlier of men employed every meeting since the organisation t0 sfxak briefly to the h^t thron
intr: Irnt. air in thalgr o| liw Work
will be increased. The workmen on
founded, called Vice President «rhich it is anticipated f f t d i
$11,000 000 BY ICKES
BEING RAISED TO GRADE the Washington shore are engaged in was
at thr dam li-'th hase Iwrn with trh
Berger to the chair and found a place him.
(imrral t .n»tnation tom|«»n> for
| r.it tb.il wi.fk ..11 (hr 111 JOO,000! Tfca task of lifting old I lame Na- excavation work which is l»eing car near the foot of the table. His ex-
The problem of partir, car»
| i r ' . r t a l s r a l s
Bam rvfllf dam project might i*- *lr *Uff * *“ r S Bonneville and ironing r ir^l on preparatory t>> building of the cuse: He was entitled to a rest every handling the crowds is
.# item
Ihr (ontrattofa arr closing thrir layrd through failure of the federal oU* wrinkle» caused by the action of cofferdams. Excavations of a similar now- and then.
service men. irmjf rayp r^ n l
| trni|».rary of fa r on the hill over­ government to make money available the elements through the countless character will lie carried forward on
Cnited Sutes gimrci* #* boj
looking I aglr trrrk, and are |*«-jiai (.4 tl»e woik hav lieen dispelled by ‘ rntunr» 1» progressing rapidly under Bradford island.
N ew T r a ffic Count.
a «rake at night.
Ux..
mg to alMindon thr fortnrt camp to m lion of 1‘ulilu Work» Vdiniimtratoi
direction ol army engineers.
The company is bringing in two
problei
Every third car seen on the high­ nd iraians 0/
thr (rdrtal g.*\eminent fur u v In h kr» in allotmg M l. (XX) 000 to the
*n‘l rock taken from the nav- dredges, one of which will be put to way these days bears an out-state
iites hav t*^*> enpus d .*£?
igation canal and the powerhouse site W(irk on either side of the river. As license, it was revealed last Friday
housing ttnikm who will I jt rvnpk»y |Wojrct
spot fr jo whirs tht | « v »
Ini on the removal ol Ihr Union I'a-
A fund of $ 2 0 ,000.000 had pre­ are bring dumped in the depression the water continues to fall the work when the »Ute highway departi
iniph» speak ‘■ j » not.ling oefe
cibi tratk« whrii that yd» grt» utwirt viously lieen «et avide fu rthe dam, or draw lielow he highway and south ,,f preparm# the way I ot construction made a check at the east end of tf
” ” th local
Mrs wen « yfOb.i
way.
«nnhancnl
and the nnrsw ry funds for compir of the railroad tracks. In time the ,.f the cofferdams will b» pusm<Hv»r- T ’'** rr»unt:
Workmen rni|do>rd by ihr con li<m of thr job had tiren earmarked rrvrv.ition will become level as a ward. There seems no likelihood ! hat
Ur
f -4 (J
Oregon .are. 1169; out-of-*U tr
traitor» arr liring quartered at lltr but there was some uncertainty as chetkrr-lmard I trough material has work of pouring cement can beit rara. 55«; tracks. 203; busses. 22 •> :-uw’
(>u) I Atkinson »amp, near thr rail to whcüwr the roonry would be iorth- lieen dumped to provide a roadbed -tarted ( 0 « a*»nthx. While no official
r*u.| »tat ion, but arvrn or right nrw t uniing when neeilesi 1 he allotment for an excellent highway that will statement of plans has lieen forth-
The * count, made under direction; u f i
/vj
Inink houvr» will l»r built immeslialrly m»urrs cLminuation of cm tr« t»” and
ir,,m *hr l,r^v'n, rn,rancT to ,hal "-ming. it does not now apjwar prob- of Doc" Cams, was unusually heavy j
to at 1 oimtHidalr them. I l»r iontrar- rrmovr» all feat» of some other »late
" f . nr revrvatmn where the ;lh|e ,hat pouring will start before in view of the fact that the gasoline douhfc
C
late winter or early spring.
tor» rx|M*rt to im rrasr ihr numlirr getting fund» which had liren prom- 20 nw residences are going up.
famine threatened.
the erw|
■ aer* ’
When work is further under way
of rni|doyr» almost dally, I Hit do not tsrd to ( fregon
*nt
mil?'
Ue#w
and the proper time arrives, the bluff j Due to an automobile accident.’ Mr. and Mrs. Erick Flricksnn are
proj.or to luvr a full forte until the
Wltrthef the $ ( 1,000,000 is going
from St. Helens, where they
Atkinson tt»m|iany ha* fim»hrd it» to lie enough ajiprars jtfobleni.iti< al Iirt»«-rn the highway an«l the railmad Rev. L. F\ Smith , newly appointed
I K " •*
-hut oxn
¡contract W hrn thr Alkinwtn com- in view of tlie extra costs which have tracks opposite the powerhouse will pastor of the Methodist Community sjH.nt a fov days last week,
w # pub! nijpit
0
m *Ft rucasion
|**ny withdraw» u|*>n completion of arisen as the result of higher priers lie leveled. The dirt will lie used to church, was unable to reach Cascade
the entire reservation up to | Locks in time to fill the pulpit last
Mr an(1
¡. ] Conger -pent !he K i .
isit. • *
it» lontrait, thr (>rnrral antf Mu) than were anlin|utrd liring asked
.
i.idr
and
thr
n
.k
will
lie
employed
Sunday
as
expected
Quite
a
crowd
(hf.
¡n
Hood
River visiting |imj
jrojilr will take ovrr thr rntirr camp | for latul ad latent to lift- dam.
in facing the siile of Ruckle slide.
of people turned out for the morning reiatives.
1 trj1o
| It w.i' migiiully plannrd that thr
| )«e working model of the dam
••
Tree» n the reservation are lieing service to welcome him to Cascade
0
^
t«rnrr.»l and thr Shay |M-oplr would alone is frjmrtrd t«> have fust $90,-
carefully
preserved
in
keeping
with
a
Dicks.
It
is
antici|>atetl.
however.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Merle
Evans
and
son.
1%
u * *00 or $00 men, but these plan» 000. Then therr arr otlwr unex|inlrd
uri
vsII
dr-igned
lamlscapmg
plan.
And
that
he
will
la*
able
to
hold
services
y
jrs
5
K
Evans
and
Mrs.
Cheno-
RnAn
may lir n|»vt if wrathrr condtlMm» expenv-« whir hkeeji arising from
an*' V *
no
doubt
other
trees
will
lx*
plantetl
next
Sunday,
but
there
has
lieen
no
with
aj|
Hood
River,
v-r?re
guests
rial naa&'
air favorable for thr contractor» to time to time However, practically all
► **»»»
after
the
contractors
have
finishe«!
official
announcement
to
that
end.
at
tj,’
c
<
;
jr
Woodward
home
Sunday,
make all [»»vsible progrrw and they of the contract* let to date have lieen
1 gwng < > Ü
eers, xrho Tt.*l.*^
may l»r living 700 or «00 men by lower than estimate«! by the army en­ their jolts. Thus, the entire reserva-
Dte te? . I
tion
in
its
completed
state
will
take
j
lie arcessan to
early autumn.
gineers. an«l this is giving the govern­ on thr apjiearance of a beautiful park
or, un e »
can than there t>
ment snme extra funds
.X .«fora t «
which
will,
in
course
of
time,
lie
s'rne
magician
»
Sunday D inner D a n ce s
thn>wn open to the enjoyment of the
dvy of the pres*
Mr». K. I inlay, inanagrr of the C atholic Church to Rebuild
wm
public.
the president
• raigmont hotel, will hrrraftrr hold
¿bile, I
lhe Catholic church, which was
| to Bonneville
dumrr dance» rvrry Sunday after
Lota All Occupied
destroyed in tin- fire of July 2. is to
ble to A. I. Wang, district ranger at although this
noon and rvrnmg. 'I hr ilamr» are dr*
C hange in N am e.
be rebuilt in the very near future on
All of the .16 lots recently surveyed
fr
.;<cial trata wi
I he Mount H oik ! national forest ; the Columbia Gorge station.
' ‘giinl to provide rntrrtainmrnt for
F o U t -
thr property just south of ( lark » I bet«rren Eagle reek and Ruckle
Far.t.-,.*VoBr
land
over
the
l
1 hat portion of thr public which en- ..•Id stniagr plant. Father Kelly of '**■’ - " • *
rf ‘ lr,c,7 , " “ h T " ' to . announerd a in I , ™ ..1
I ic vili
ing
the
todr
«
to ‘.»dipiartere
d ou artm ol .hn Columbi. No S m o k in g W hile T ra v e lin g
h ' miiMc and tlaiu mg in pleasant
i depart f.W Svjff,
Portland, who was stationed in l as- ^ y ic r by bona fide workers on the
>wrd
the
trail
district of this forest. The station so | Due to the extreme danger of fires
vurmunding», and i» |ur*icul.«rly In-
cade l.«n k» for years and built up thr |(,,nn«-villr dam. Their permit cannot
kaae. unless Gei oeral Charles F Mar
irmlnl to talrud visitors who stream
smokers, the forest ser-
tre able to in f
thur.h. has mieirslrd him
tin aa>
mto Honnrvillr rvrry Sunday in an
asked that all fishermen,
''r ; : ! ; h:,
^
r a s is ;
Son stop in (J
ting the new church under r 'i :
him
ttt
Hlort to v r thr dam. Mr». Finlay
campers refrain from
was in Cascade I..*ks some
Locks.
propose» tu continur her free dancing
>vfxl at the teamination \ ' ','" 1 ? ..
tonUnUÍ
K smoking while traveling along trails.
looking over the situation, The prop arP
are to |*
I k * rfnH
remov
of the district.
"n Saturday night». She lias rngagrd
I roads and through the forest. When
V»t f it E n jo y Picnifc*
rrty iarrie«l $I(XX) insurance.
of the jiermit. This area is then to be
•t H ihh I River orchestra to furnish
such persons desire to smoke they
added to the Eagle creek forest camp.
More »J » veterans of foreign
Cam pire P erm its Required.
muu< for the initial dinner dance j
should stop at a safe place, smoke,
\ ¡set it ion w as circulated last week
Wilkca Make» Progrcaa.
s
Sunday noon
Campfire permits are no wrequired
Sunday I hr dancing will »tart at 4 I
warsL®
to extend this . privilege over a period for all fires lieing built on the Mt. put out their pipe or cigarette anil creek
>»cnic
L*
Irvin
W
ilkes,
who
b..>
taken
a
5
F
P m and c lo»r at 10 p. m.
then priH-red on their way. The blow­
vear lease on thr (¡lover building, is uf years so that those desiring could Hood national forest. As the forest
Hays,
r
L A White and K. K. White of
down area on Larch Mt. is closed to
service has
the
responsibility
of ,. pro- | all smokers between the spring and No. X
Jortland, who have sub-contract» making rapid progress in his work us«* their cabins for summer homes,
,
.
.
..
of rrtiUHleling it. He proposes to ojien
It is estimated that 2000 visitors tfeting the forest roni ires, u>i ^ sunimjt Hikers and others using made •'
*-nient
"»m the (irnrr.il Construction com­
a
restaurant
on
the
ground
fl.ior
and
used
the
picinic
grounds
at
Eagle
d
'he
Veten*
permits
are
required
so
that
a
check
Muhnomah
Trai,
are
asked
to
pany and thr J. F. Shea company
may put a | kk »I hall in the basement, creek on the Fourth of July. Ihr may I k * kept on all fires bu.lt within
HaM
from
on,v
whfn
at
the
spring
an(l
" r rrm*ival of dirt and ruck at thr
| In- second floor probably will I k * Bonneville dam and celebration at the national forests. 1 he permits are ^ sumJ t wh,.r, adei,uaU. provis. noruah i
-1*
'i
1 l*,Wprtiouie site, arc now making
aodt-late 1
nwde into a rooming house. The Cascade Locks were responsible for issued free of charge and may be ob-1
I ' " ir honir» in Cuncadr lawks. They
made for building small fires ffP11.
.frees, and Brynn
building will I k * ready for occupancy such a large attendance,
tained from the Columbia Gorge
I tive in
^•'e taken over ihr Ash homr.
.I.
partii.
t
c> mo ander of
ranger station and the agio creek
the later |»art of the month and the
Now I t s Dugout B ar.
I
W
drrs-*ed
the gatherm
restaurant will be o | k * ii for business
p |re prevention Equipm ent.
Scout« Now in Oantp.
Lively interest w«a manifested the 11 ranger station.____
_______________
•V.vrntrrn lioy Scout» whose par- by August 1.
, irl> prirt "i the week fat the aefacUon
P atrolm en on Duty.
l >> better enable the many users
l h(> j ak3 ^ a i t e l and t h Ä » ^ -
fn,s could not afforil lo »end them
of
a
nam«*
for
the
new
publit
room
saIMj
pamilmen
are
of
the
national
forests
to
extinguish
niarket havf iKen busy f<||
Curd o f T h an k s
•o 1 In- main lioy Scout camp on ihr
recently
opened
by
Mrs.
May
Silva,
i
statjoned
am|
.
.......
|......
......
on
duty
in
the
their
camfires
the
forest
service
has
^ tiUing in the strw
We give our heartfelt thanks to
IHf,,n arrived at Kaglr Creek Forest
manaiur
of
the
Bridge
of
the
(.oil-
^'olumhia
district
of
the
Mt.
Hood
required
that
all
parties
going
into
-
¡t up
up to^grade. T
‘ •«mp from Orrgon City with thrir niir friends and f«*llow workers for hotel. After considerable study on ■ the
■ n a t io n a l forest as follows: Ray Wil- the national forests with automobiles
^
much
tlieir
svmpithv
anil
kimlly
help
re-
,
" leader, ( arl Moline*, who wa*»
Mt. Defiance; Harold Gustaf-land other vehicles, or pack horses. ^
^ brings
■* *lrelxict
.H
v.il
during
our
recent
Iwreavement
[
part
of
a
comm.tt.i*
it
was
agreed
to
son.
"rmrrly employe! at a forest service
Bar. son Green Point; Elmer Mohr, Chin- with the intention of camping equip
tQ
thr
Krade
e*tab”
shcd
by U»
call
the
place
“
The
Dugout
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Huriburt
P-ilrolman on the Columbia Kivc*r
went
High
honors
a
case
of
lieer
i.lere
Mt.
and
Wahtum
lake;
John
themselves
with
the
following
fire-
slate
highway
departm*nt.
Before
and Family.
" '11"
l)urir/ thrir 10 days slay
to Ml - W alt« I me, C.
Abraham Bruckart, Indian M t.; Ross Bowles, fighting tools:
dirl was dump*d in it waa necessary
rr«-rk 1« mm h i c amp was
son
and
William
Keeler.
An
unus­
Tanner
Butte;
Wilbur
Harrison,
One
axe.
not
less
than
26
inches
{ ^ custom„ s enteting the market »
1 he sheriff's office is endeavoring
m. idr imd each day the rntirr troop
ually
large
number
of
names
were
Larch Mt.; Robert Ellis, Larch Mt long, over all. One shovel, ncit
' i climb step*.
n- nated two hours of thrir time do to trail down a gang believed to I k *
iiatrol; Ray lawlec, i^ ip er Mt.; than 36 inches long over all, am lj
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submitted.
rmoponsihle
it>r
a
robhrry
¡it
tlu*
|ng a i . ock I turn for thr forest service.
Wm.
Soderstrortl,
Trout
creek
jiatrol;
blade
H
inches
wide.
One
water
con-
. ^ _
ri,il* Wir* cleaned out and camp (‘raigmont hotel last week. I he pub­
“ May I see the captain?” inquired \rthur Grimm, P
t
on
patrol;
tainer,
capacity
on«
g
a
llo
n
................
Dalles,
spent
Sunday
lic room, which sets some distance
(hounds (leaned,
The alxive rules do not apply to |
a lady peweager
iue
trtack
driver
,
,
from the hotel jirojierty, was entered
H( forward, miss." Netted, the
s ^ i1* C
forest camp
voiin iou ® i« a r" highway
Im uwaj | ...»rest
camp ground*
Rroun<' ^ where
s u c ^ h c * a m
1 - ^ n U y opeM d » dr
Mi», red plunders, daughter of with a peas key. Several gallon» ot
C. T. Bi
\ jirotective I ifre jiermits are required, such
»rat
mate.
,._a
carte Locks. He
Mr.
( suii.ly, left I rida> lieer, five cart«»ns of cigarettes and
"Oh, I m not afraid," >ui dthe lady. P 1 , ____ ^
*C to join her husband $5 in cash were taken.
I lie ( Iironiclr, like other busine»» house» in the
t 'f
■
^
%
xftf t
T»*'
L T ;
K »
’s sniz:
£
r-
.