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THF. DAM C11RONU » 1
C u m m in s A S u m os. PubUikm
J. M. C u m m in s ,
M. A. S h i » UK,
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The Chronicle ser\es Eastern
Multnomah county and Western
Hood River county. It is dis­
tributed to all camps housing cm- j
ployes on the Bonneville Dam.
F R ID A Y , SEPTEM BER 7. I9.U
I he chwnnex «ops were wrralhnl in smoke.
\s .1.0 ujmni thè vili >s< I*ci»kr
I he birds. w I h ». siine thè pi'k ol dawn.
Had gatheml breakfast fn.ni «he lawn.
I he stahle, garden and thè »tr«rl.
\..w Mttlad down with P « m M
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I n usuai, less noisy were
I he trees and brudr scane seemed lo slir
I he meri hants, o|«rning their slores.
Musisi un thè ipnet »1 all out<W<*>rs
The trairler, why? he never knew.
Reslrainest hi- boni in pasong through
Ami wr. who in thè village ilw.lt.
j he strangeness of ll>e niorning teli
Yet |wi/zlrd w eto fimi thè « tu'*'
K« Itami noi wh)f th» strangenem « . -
I he day w«*re on. ami «ben thrrr teli
l'p.n our ears a familiar Iwll
\nd With Its fusi W»ud sudden ((■ ke
| he stiline» of thè morning brokr
Fmm olii lite housrs on thè strn-t.
Carne clattering of ihddren s Irei,
I » move, tu merge in mùsy gtotips.
\nd fili thè town with h. wU imi wh.««(H
Vrnss thè Street lo cali ami >cll.
\s (hough they wsheil lo tlrown thè DII
Feci, whnh were all summer frre,
more, til! '|*>
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The raggrtl overalls once wmn,
T H E F IR E M E N A C E
A roof fire two weeks ago. a
grass fire last week. Happily
both fires were extinguished be-
fore serious damage was done, but
the next fire, or the next, may not
be controlled so easily and thou­
\ n m i i» donnsd it e o li m m
sands of dollars in property value
No more glad y>ulh will grert thè au,
may he destroyed or the town
l ’nwashcd of wxk, uniomlwd of hair
Forni pirent now their young rrstram,
wiped entirely out.
I nni some neatness tlir> attam
It is the history of every new
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community where people build,
The bell is still Vgam the town
hurridly and without providing an
In drowsy (true has settled down
adquate fire protection that firr
By
nun-ton. and iinpnntetl huts,
takes a terrible toll. The Chron­
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droop-eared, puzzled, sad fated mutts.
icle doer, not believe that the peo­
Who womier at their nuter s (fan,.
ple of Cascade Locks realize the
I tea line tod.iv the fields to rangr
seriousness of the situation which
And workers fumble at their tool
confronts this community. Hood
They, too, in tliought, trudge off to whta>l
River is demanding payment for
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use of its fire truck in fighting the
flames which swept the towm onI _____________
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July 2. The Dalles is neither in a ^ . y cannot afford to contribute [trohilwti..n i.inrv t I«- f- • <-d ip n
m<Mwi or position to help, and the
fumls nece»ary to provide fire the puhltt l.i\rs .an only I*- I w
Portland fire dejaartment is not pr„ trilil>n I he> feel that the hut- r„,|
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pemuttt*<l t«» H M the (H } limits ^
mtwd oitt9 that thf
If another serious fire occurs we
as a whnlr should assume 'elise ami manifestation of ileejwf
in i tubiti affair on the |urt of the
must accept our losses and smile. ¡t
And losses will be heavy, due to j
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| imple.
the high rate of insurance which
Cascarle Locks has two private
Ihe state, county, m I vbi U ami
exists throughout the Bonneville
ly owned water systems. The own- municipalities must I » suppute.!
Dam area.
t-rs are either going to lir com
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The war department has grant-
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| additional imm. .
ed permission for the town to t.e
lhr Ihr gyuemt or the j ln
onto the water line whu h KTVCi town
I
-tiongy» faiw
the locks. W ith a p M M f o l 250 u.,| w,.|,| them into
• ingle taxation has enrouragrd men in
pounds, this line would give Cas-1 svst,.m
I hi bln offiir to qirml rnklrvtly
cade Locks one of the finest fire 1 ’
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Ihe question of watrr service In attempt to ovrtiome this wr.ik
protection systems in the state. In- __ . » „ .
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surance rates would be cut in half. . , . ■ • „ . _ .J.
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liegulatiw
¡1 th, town take, advantage ,.f it. £ 'm " f ,,n, <" ,;" n ' ' ' " " " V " 1
t h fu r t
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tipponunity and laya the nete^ary
<»'>"> a. '-I11-'" RtettH.I. >.nl> lead, tit iharn
nSln and inatalU hydranta.
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nry and
ami n,
must tir
aii|tfiortf-d
i minty guvemment
A temporary water ay.tem haa
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pf-.rd
been ,u«ea,ed. The Chrontcle "
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must lie *up
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portrd. State government tm ii
does mil believe the public is in ..
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city is entitled to fire tirotertion
money and must lie su[«|B>rtrd
sympathy with temporary expc- „ ,
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But it is also of the conviction
Ihe public has nrirr liern m
dients, for the system which h a s .. . . . .
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that the home owners should help
icouragrd to deny itwlf.
been proposed w<4ild be of no
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pay for the protection,
value in fighting a serious fire 1
( ounty, slate ami vh>«.| taxr-
To provide the needed protec­
must In* reiluircl if wr are to L»vr
and would not be nstrumental in
tion water mains of sufficient size
reducing fire insurance rates.
a limit.ilion of taxing |«>wrrs. r »r
to accommodate a 4 inch stream
Fire hydrants will cost $500.
indirect taxes must lie m.ulr to
of water must lie put into the
The necessary hose will cost an­
take the place of direi t |ir>(irriy
ground
other $500, and a hose cart and
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law * Wr do not ln-lirsr |(ir .
We bring these problems to ,i
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truck will add another $500. In
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public attention for the rravm ,
other words, through exjjendifure
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of $1500 the town can procure that we lieliexe they demaml a
solution. And we believe that the
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fire protection equal to Portland.
solution
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Where is the $1500 coming from?
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How is it to be raised? These are
ila ri ter and encourage the public
questions asked repeatedly, but interest should not lie allowed to to study the tax [iroblem in an
interfere with the interests of ihe
no one has answered them.
effort to determine how the tax
jieople as a whole, but the* interest
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burilen can lie lightened ami re
The Chronicle believes the pub­ of every individual should l*e con­ bet given to ihr pro|n rty owner.
lic mast come together in a meet­ sidered If that is done, no doubt
ing and answer this question re the community will find a satis­
Scientists tell u* ih.it 5,000
lating to our future fire protection factory method of dealing with years hence much of North \mer
these vexing questions.
to the satisfaction of everyone.
ica will lie a dc-^-ri and |M.>p|r will
An unincorporated village or
be living in the pilar regions. Vi-
L IM IT A T IO N OF T A X E S
town cannot borrow funds or ob­
mira] Byrd apfir.us to |«- p „k ing
tain credit. Thus it would a(>|K-ar
Now that the dog days are ¡»ast out hi. homesitr in aclvame of the
that the town has two courses and autumn is just around the <or- rush.
open if it is to escape the con- nrr, peojile are commencing to
stant menace of fire: Incorporate give some thought to the approach-
An indignant subsc rilier, writing
or ask each citizen to dig down ing November election. Iteefiest lei I he Oregonian says the nimm
into his pockets for the necessary thought at the moment renters istration at Washington realises
funds to carry on
almut the tax limitation bill.
that a rrfiiiblitan ian get just as
Business men of the town are
Limitation of property taxes hungry as a democrat. Hump! You
unanimous in the delaration that has long been a necssity, but like learn something every d .y
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THE DAM CHRONICLE
faith With ^
d rn l RiK>»evelL
K r rp Charle» H Mpj
in your »rrvic«.
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Pakt \»K I») Martin Cam|Mi*n «
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WITH CHRONICLE
WANT ADS
II , ..i h u e ,i cabin lot rent, a worn for rrtrt.
til- DAitl .« |4a< e In live, o* . ■ k-■ig M
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I' I- «!•• w ishing or
ilw-r thin,
c wmg of >>tv
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try a want ad in tlie t la . lied t o il * *
I '•* • hr..t.ii lr y-«-s throughout tile district It
I’eoJ’le every wrrk It wdl la ir y your mescagr at uix»fl O- ■
ONE C E N T A WORD
E A C H IN S E R T IO N
II not convenient to Iwing your want odr to t
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leave them in ihe boxes which you will find m nuM«^
tion- throughout tlu- territory. Ih e hoy will call w**
wltrn delivering your |w|e^.