The Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1934-1934, October 19, 1934, Image 1

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    AM CHRONICLE
CAHCAPK lA H KS, OUKdON, OCT< »IlKIl 1«, 1M4
IGINEERS TO
,‘USPEND WORK
ON 3 TUNNELS
C L O D F E L T E R B U YS M ORE
P R O P ER T Y ; EN LA R G ES
MERRILL WILL
OPEN PAVILION
I! K. Clod fell er, ton ol S. ()
iTndfeller, it prritanng to build
n . . .
on that purtmn ol hit lather » lot
now occupied by tlir budding
whkh houird the vegetable ttand.
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The « lodfrltrr« have |Hir< hatrd Hnge _
flo o r , IT.w Under R oof,
Ihr proprrty, thu» going Ihrm
U to Be Uaed f i r s t Tim e
lull Inmtriir imi the tlrm . I h r
on S a tu rd a y N ight
old buUdlnit now no the loi it
O (to b er 2 7 .
bririK moved onto tlir lot adjoining
"Jiin
"
Merrill's
new dance pa-
ihr |«<jprTty on (Itr »eit and will
br im ( inurd bv lamer H «tM (" A ! Vll" ,n' ' « • * ’>‘"'1 *»
largest
I v a iv si
. , ,
(
danCe floor between I'ortland ami
I ' •*'r'., „
J \ l , K' T ' '“ * IV ndl««, will U .h r .,.»
V m
Magr >11 « r t linuiuai up |hf
a , a , l4 |k„ „ n U n
tl»e mude ol lite building and
the
ntght
ol
(Xloiter 27.
ttuilding tables
OjM-nmg night falls on Saturday
aod plaai are under way to throw
a dame that will attract pleasure
seeker» (rom The Dalles, Hood
River, Stevenson, I'ortland ami
WITH BIG BALL
O D D F E L L O W S SOON T O
C O M M E N C E R E B U IL D IN G
The Odd Fellows appear to be
approaching a porition where they
v s tt? r t X
No. m
CONTRACTORS
START TUNNEL
FOR RAILROAD
would have I tern under way a
m„n,h
ago except lor the (act that Right o f W ay Cleared and
Icn in Ruckle Hlldo to
the larternal order hat experienced
Crewa Busy on Viaduct
Be Held P end ing
more than itt share ol trouble in
Bridge a t Dam and
fu rth e r S tu d y .
collecting itt insurance.
Eagle Creek.
A. W. Meyer has been in I’ort-
R rk '
• * 1 'inurU imdcr
lind lor several days endeavoring
With the right of way for the
*° get the insurance adjuster), ami
mountain wrsi <>f ihr loll
new line of the Union Pacific rail­
'I w
e » ly in I hr « ~ k
f t for thr pur|**M> of draiit-
ih it thr M u r would hr lirrpwrrd road tracks between 'Tanner and
Kinkel Wide has lw*n halted
Eagle creeks al cleared, Orin, Bed
to start work within 10 day» on
& Malcolm, contractors, are pre­
[tunm N I «I i distance of
ncw building,
paring to drive a 620-foot tunnel
Irrt, and will I * halted in
umJer a ledge of the mountain ex­
tunnel* shortly,
tending down to the river, just
e rtiRinrrr» havr filled In
west
of Lagle creek.
any lar*e flow ol water and
The
Kuckenberg-W’ittman com­
;<■ i
•*
i the r e s u l t* o f i ihr
Vamkjuvrr.
pany, Portland sub-contractors on
rt dofw to «late lirforr advatu
Covered with a hip roof whkh
the Eagle creek bridge, has a crew
further into the mountainside
rise» 36 feet above the floor, the
of 20 men at work excavating for
|uvihon is ol «ulfkirnt size to I
ifirul |il*r>* jirovulnl ihal ihr
the pier and abutments (or the
t >nr ol the concerns doing work «commodate several hundred pro­
rlt l«e driven into thr moult
! bridge and hope to complete the
Kern &■ kibbe, sub-contractors ¡ ¡..i, w¡thin a f«-w «.wk«
to ■ltd rock, but since m» «*> the dam i» the .smith & Rosen file It is tiring rt jui |»| jed with rest
ha» Iren .(Mr to determine ta sk Towing mm|uny of ( awadr and (h n k rooms and will lie on the railroad work, will com-
berkmcier & Sarmier, sub-coo-
ri 4 i ! lia .itir-n ol the largir l í a l o At jicrsent it has in <>|era- lirated with a furnace
mrm. n eap in g the mountainside tractors on the Tanner creek via-
Fame of thr ftavilion has al- J,ls| wrsl " f
formati"» under thr slide tlon a flrel of three I»..its and em­
,o11 bridge within lluit a, lh<. fish haUhery, have an­
ready spread up ami down tlir
rr , .
■ wfiether 4in ploys around seven net»,
other crew busy excavating for the
Ihe Warm, largest ol the (Irei highway and promises to bring
thousands of tons c«f rock ta piers to carry the tracks onto the
I
tunnel« to gtralrt «lepri».
is I er ha I ss thr lastest tug on ,j,r large crowds to Cascade Dicks lor km from the excavation for the reservation, and expect to com-
Ini hule« are still bring sunk j rivet. Powered with a Supmoi thr dames this winter. Merrill f lower house and lovks, ami this menee to pouring concrete within
(he unfair in ir tr th ol in­ lull diesel motor, it fus leen used Papóse» to install a 7-piece or­ will lie used by the contractors in a short time,
mate*» ihal f a y give the en ín lowing piling lor < m » c of the « Hestra. employ a master ol cere- facing the mountainside in an e f - ; A concrete mixer is being
J /*■ mom«-» ami put on dames that will fort to hold back Ruckle slide.
erected on the reservation near this
T» a due to the «• berrai» >ut* I tempMary railroad »pun
Betty,
another
of
tie
fleet,
ha» %urP“ » anything to which thr
Kipraping
is
to
lie
carried
on
lie
huge rock dump pile. Concrete for
>
d
r<*
k
lHit
nothing
of
11*»
Sfinite r i’ -r has leen revealed i leen used m moving turgr» jm| public in surrounding towns has tween thr toll bridge and Eagle the Tanner creek and Eagle creek
___
One ol the turn
rls _____
has _____
leen , dfrrigr» m the mam < tunnel Both ,,rrn accustomed. Choice of the creek. Much of the rock for the jobs will be mixed there. Tanner
si to a j» mt under thr ruad****’ Betty ami the IK*«» havr I mcii ,,f'hr»tra for the ofening night project wil lie taken from the tun-¡creek piers will require bSOO
lesti» to the Harvey
Fox I
,ft »*»»»ng {«ling (or trestle-» bas not leen announced, hut it nel which is to lie driven lieneath square yards of concrete,
an the tem|a>rary' railroad work
be one of the liest in I ortland. rooth K< m k. jost west ol Eagle
I he contract held by Orin. Bell
rm ■ i
i.ir D a k s , but >»nfy
Ihe Hum, wliah belongs to
Originally bu.lt as an ojen-air creek Other rock will be obtained A Malcolm ends at Eagle creek,
I» »
of water is 11 - -w
“ lla n k " Rosmlws-k, lias rnently la v ,bon.^ the floor has not been from the bluff on which the Sam- Their contract must lie finished by
out -f it Nor is mmh water
injured by the ra'n* 1 be floor is ^
^ I^ncaster cabin stand s late spring. When the second sec-
ung out of the other tunnels leen overhauled and two new mo
j tion, from Eagle creek to the toll
Iocs msiaited One of these rm>tur» <>f hrmhak and will have to lie overlooking the reservation.
Ileok-gist» ding to the ofiinxm
•»•I
H 1
1 l" ! « H W . bul a,t" ,hr
Preliminary work is being push- bridge, will be let has not been
ta age» i vast the mountain
and the other m a \ an Bieurk 6 J
rd by the Contractors, and the ^ [ r x u n ^ i. but probably not be-
il lorwv • » I'd tie river and
Iletter condition than when laid Union Pacific is putting in a ‘‘»re the first of the year, if then.
Il I
ikrd the drainagr ami (Mrv rnl
last summer
The new roadbed, tunnel, via­
trestle at the liKks to expedite
The remainder ol the fleet is
thr water Inan reaching the
Merrill has not determiner! as
duct
and bridge will be of suffi­
work of getting rock off the res­
up for the winter These D ais
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,
... , . , ,
This they say, causes thr tied
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.
,
. .
yet whether he will hold dances
cient
width to carry a double
ervation.
.
. . . ,
► ita ' « t like a l»>wl "I will also lie (Haied in aitive »er- oftener than
once a week, but he
track,
but only one track will be
vice with the mi* nig >f warm
By
(troposes to use the pavilion every
laid by the government.
weather in the »{»ring.
Saturday night. M the midweek
The engineers have
found
Steel work for the Eagle creek
crowds are of sufficient size he
guider» n-,\r,| mth bit»
wi»id
bridge
is not included in the pres­
JUST RUMORS
will hold damrs on Wednesday
d gravrl ai they progressed into OFFICIAL FROM
ent contract, but will be let at a
nights.
mountainside, ami lr<Mn this
later date and laid when the sec-
ALUMINUM COMPANY
Ih e orchestra pit is being in-
siw the mountain has slid (or­
\ physic i.m i- preparing to |,(. "'id unit is started,
VISITS IN LOCKS j stalled in the center of the floor. cate in Cascade Locks, according Whether the railroad will be
ini tine and again It was to
,
.which is 62xH2 fert. The hipiied to the latest re{x»rt of our under- carr'*^
|t the »loi«-» bv rrlea»ing the
from Eagle creek to
A. (> l »atland
„ provide acoustics which
, , of (he Aluminum
...
roof . will
iter that tunneling was under „
cover
man.
Three
or
four
doctors
river
through
a tunnel or an
(oOHwny oI America wh,ch ,» wj|| (nakf |hf> music clear and
In t'.r government
have
l>een
in
town
within
the
past
'
’P4,0
cut
bas
not
been
determined,
»
/
,»
n»«'tr
i
fervi
i
mi
nmi
i
Wimm
niv
iaioi
•
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controlled by Andrew Mellon, lor
V rwjueit hav Iwrn macie by the m n I' S. m rp t.ív «I Ir »,u i>
.
_ th rr. wrrks looking over Ihr field. I l>ut 31 an.v r a ,f inditaiion, are
t r' •
• •
i» t.i it c t ha. loon in and M -d < a . a.ie
Z,
7 »'
unable to n « * * fb e 1» * « 3 ch a n « . i l l be nere^rry i
utk on tw• i nx»rr tunnels If the Pork» for thr |iast week His sur|Misei| at the immensity of it. identity of the particular individ­ the highway at the point where it
for the flikor a i >{ »ears to l»e much
ual who has made up his mind to winds up the hill.
ix . ranted work will l»e IMrsrmr in town ha» given rise
,
.
larger
than formerly now that it is
The state highway commission
l-irirtl r
(all and tarried on to i rei»»ri that the huge eastern
settle
in the idurict.
. . \ isitors from
,•
'
en«
lo-c«l.
other
town»
and
n$lroad company are still
^nmgh the winter,_______________ i ■•riBiration is larrying on an in
.
'.
.ire strong in their
praise of it and
sparring
over a joint right of way
Then there is the report that
ten».ve study of on ..r«um..e» in ;|rp hf, jng
a(JxrrtÍM. it in p„r l.
through
Ruckel side. Numerous
the defunct Checkerboard Inn is
IUSINESS BLOCK AT DAM the district with a view to utilizing )am| ;in<J clsnrhfre
crews of surveyors have been run­
about
to
reform
and
become
a
tHiwrr Iron» Bonneville dan».
I hr |»avilion w ill I m * available
sedate moving picture theater. ning lines up the hill at Eagle
TO BE OPENED BY FIRST
I he Mellons arc
,a
for rent and is expected to provide
This is only a rumor, of course, creek, but no definite locations
lu»t blmk in llonnrvillr's new doscly »dentili«! « 'b ( j *
, an amusement center for groups,
and since our undercover man re- base been established.
d irties .«»«I organizations desiring
mines» «list r te t is nearing «»m- Vluminun» and r-1" "
, L ral
fuses to vouch for the story we
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BrtHii» .mil ihr »everal store rooms Detroit. whi«h 1
f |U. to put on dances.
i shall play safe, t o, and decline to j
NT
ternns
of Foreign Wars
it will l»e ready for oerupnney govrrnmetit to id '1 1
r
{ kiss it along as a fact.
will me t Tu esday night at
rfurr the end of the month.
that will Iw 1 barge» ■■
EAGLES TO ORGANIZE
the
(fridge of the C»ods hotel
First room to the west will Iw l1' " ,hf ‘‘ ‘" V '!m iu n v ‘ a ” heavy
‘
Fresh interest is being exhibited
/.ERIE
IN
CASCADE
LOCKS
to
nominate
:<n» 1 elect offi­
►
’ the telephone com-
1 ,H
' 1 ‘ ' j trK ,| , ncigv
in vacant business property by
. t w Mcood by xjcoonumrr of . 1 « ' " " '
he Cascade Locks-Bonneville Portland jieople. who arc slid to
cers.
Owing
to the interest
and
tug »tore the tU«»d by the Ib'n- ami u»es scrap iiluinimini
.it e of Eagles will tie founded lx> seeking locations for different
in t i e election the meeting
"Hr Men «itile ioni|ui»y: tlw veils in m !» of its pnalucls to the Thursday night when a large class lines of business in the district.
promises t • lie well attended.
o lie initiated into the order at No hot deals have been recorded
burth by i bar. card room «tv . or«l Motor (om|Mny.
»•'d hall •uvl the fifth, on the
Cariami has declined to discus«« i « remoli) t«> I h - dire»tisi by visit- (j urjng the week, but three or four
O F F IC E HOURS
thr puqiose of hi» visits to Cas- ing Eagles from Stevenson
are pending and may break any
Our Bonneville office liKated on
The initiation will be held in day now.
tit end, liy the BonotvUle Colf«#jcxdx Liicksand^i^ ^ hrihtrning
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the second floor of Tyrells Tav-
im Merrill s new pavilion. The
vern, is open every afternoon from
\ 1 Funk upcrtnimdmt in h‘,|* ¡¡*ì :* his presence in
building will
>'<• entirely com-
It only takes one small jack to 1 p. m. until 4 :3 0 . News items,
■targe of ihr work for t.eorge H. ,nl'
i.»n Iw learned he , , ,tj but it h.i>
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been enclosed lift up an automobile, but it takes subscriptions and ads may be left
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at this office.
m < m E S iJP * f rrrw
s,,u‘:hl
an> S d £ bring mad« rm áy lo t m t ^ |0t V i a c k ' to teer»'« on
r * ,he ^ ‘‘dttBt this week.
{imperiy.
' by , he Fugles
■ ' ° Jack t0 kecp “ up-
ipivtlon of D ra llin g « Byx
TUG BOAT FIRM
IS KEPT BUSY;
EMPLOYS 7 MEN
a
RIP RAPING OF
RUCKLE SLIDE
TO BE STARTED
.
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not