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About The Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1934-1934 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 24, 1934)
THE DAM CHRONICLE ( UK DAM t 'PROVICI R | ln*s«* pr«-<«-nt «err MmUlW' Silxrr IVrtU. (in'» Mv kmnoo, t'lu rk ' Il4«bkmi. I r '* « S|*coituc lorn Harriaun. 4\»rl>»«* llarrtiun,j Clyde Koulkv John Foulkv Jrct> BY J U K llcCRA RY Woodward, t h.irlr« Ko*enba*k.' , S im - Woodward. C. K. Carne». K r«mpletion d the CVr^n Rail- dwrn In ui the upper level. At the K \IK|rr„ v ( furie» \eUm, \i pper e:.d cf « f the grounds uroun*t> a boat , (| uj< 5 u(MUtrn »»I M im Stella Kll. »■ .'.a k Navigation ivxwn*n> > line inner landing was built out into t h e • WEEKEND SPECIALS Friday and Saturday j| ugh C.»*r.»de I t * k ' in the «, r v . , ime* Dalle» t lt> er.ttv *$CV, ?ave the tern d iw t VEGETABLE THRIFT WEEK *. .. Section «ith the e.r4 and the built in I* .r.land, was |»ut «»n the C elebrate at Cratgm onl. <;ii s and town» of the V Mamette lower run 2nd the steamei Kevu Ihu* to the hot At father which we arc having* val.-ey. \ lator was, |*ut on (he n|«(ier river A large nuntlwr of friends gath the present time. Ate find that our many "■'he railroads weie busy as run. rred at the CraiguHmt hotel Ihuis me in would appreciate .»«»me good buy* in nal»d 1« .vrrs building lu»e> through Freight brought upstream was , , IV to hrlt> M i« Al.i-Ulrm vegetables tthich do not ret|uire cooking. You W shington. Oreg»« and Idaho. unl-vwicd at the whart boat. Meadow» and K- vii linlav irle a> i work was plentiful. The Ore hauler! across the reservation on (hrir will always find crisp vegetable* in abuntlancf ite their wedding. l*. Shtvrt l ine wa.> finished. th< >]1U11 ears running o'er the tratn- at the Cascade Food Store. \S e are offering Alls» Meadow-«, ilaughtrt of Mi. N them Pacific was building u p ,wav ¿,„1 transferred to the up- and Mrs. K \\ Meailows, ind tl \ akuna valley from I*asco tu| river ^fatnei This tromwu) was Air Finlay. v>n of Airs Edna bin l MM, and numerous branches „.«rated l a leveral year», but . . , V <• COMtneted .mo the wheat S Uk. cks were ,! 1 large « rt»p hr a. U § £ k i were married at the lumie of the ! Hi wring districts. finished an<l opened to the public bride's parent-« in Port lami at ■* Work on the locks had been car-1 jn igon. o'clov k »und.iv afternoon by Rev i is ! forward all the time that rail*' C S. Tunnel, of the Hinson Men* *r id work was under way. so no- «»rial church, in tlw |we»cnir of Farew ell P arty. t» xiy wanted for a Job. I worked immediate relative-« tor a while on the locks and then A farewell party was ternlercd q'fit to cut wood for the govern- Mr. and MfO. W. A. Navshahn n 'nt We got the wood Irom my Tuesdav by ladies of the town. Crocodiles arr xu|g»»-<«»l never l*.ng grr-r n 5 c fp.iher s place, between Dry creek I'he family left this week for to «lie. N»me have lieen m vaptiv | a d Herman creek, and hauled it wSerr Mr N "'avs- ity f.»r m«>tr than a century 'Iheir C O F F E E 2 lbs CJc S H R I M P S 2 cam 2Sc tr the locks where M was used in hjhn ha> a itil,n m teeth are rrnewed over and over il- ? stationery engines used in 1 the schools. again sting rocks. After the first contract on the I ss was finished in 1879 tbe g; ernment ran the job. Sorae- a nes congress would forget to ap- !• xpriate money and a couple of j y irs mi^ht [ass whtsi little or no v, -rk was done, but on the whole » vent forward -m«¥*thly enough. An occasional small contract *• 'S awarded, but the government i . ’ant direct suftervision over I- tiding the hicks, it employed (1 ' stone masons and other work- ir.;n. That went on until Febru ary, 1893, when the government tt -ned over the construction - work to J. G. and 1. N. limy oft S-n Francisco, on a contract fer completion of the locks en- t ed into in December. 1893. s Sey pushed things along and ». re able to turn the finished job over to the United States govern- rr °nt on November S, 1896, just 19 years after the woik first was ,’ arted. It is well to bear this in »rind when people talk about early < aapletion of the Bonneville dam. . fbe government works slow but 'exceedingly well. During the past few months car «rectors h-»ve b^ev emphryed L i blasting roc’ s from the river. A let of rocks w?re taken from the r* annel when the locks were be ing constructed, but they were t. ken out alxwit a mile- and a half <1 wn stream, at what is known as Umatilla Rock , and at the lower 4-->d of Bradford island. The con- t act for that job was held by David Chalmers and William E. I'fdmes of Portland in 1881. While directing the blasting at I'tat time Capt. P. M. Price was c*ruck by a piece of flying rock. His leg was broken and his ankle l.adly bruised. And later about a dozen Chinamen employed on the tiasting job were drowned when a fcoat in which they were returning to shore was overturned in the river. In March, 1887, an electrical F ast of eight holes was fired at • »on. It was a heavy charge and a lock weighing 150 pounds fell t' »rough the roof of the house o c-1 copied by Thomas Coyle, janitor 1 ** the locks, killing his 3-year-old daughter. Delay in getting the locks r amed as promptly as the war department anticipated caused the s’ate to build a portage railroad through the reservation in 1891. ■A large wharf boat was built at * - LOCAL PHONE 151 ♦be lower end of the uncompleted Canal, with a steep incline leading 11 i i *' |V<TT~' i Cascade Food Store, - 73 Yenrs In Cascade Locks Tom atoes 3 lbs. . - 1)011 10 c Lettuce Green Onion» Cabbage 2 for 5c Cucumbers 2 for ()f^,n Lb. 3c Melons Lb. irr n»i,i HOME SITES TERMS $00 TERMS In Beautiful Lakeview Villa In The Heart of CASCADE LOCKS In Easy Walking Distance of Grade And High Schools And Stores. HOURLY BUS SERVICE TO THE DAM Own your own home and pay rent to yourself. Special Inducement» to Build Now. SEE BILL K EELER AT REAL ESTA T E O FFIC E, O R IRA OW ENS, MANAGER CASCADE LU M BER CO. 2c