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About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 9, 1934)
'H ll ^■wsr- Mf aii'l Mi» I. 0 Iuntil inaila a N • W Pit 11 KK SHOW Horrid Presumption tri|i tu t'uulrr till* arvk On lhair return trip they it op pa<| *t A HOI T RP.ADY TO 1.0 "D o you know that boy who Spi.kart» 1«. vlalt an», friends. raised his h a t? " A fl»r »1* month» th» Hnnm-vi||« Mi an.I Mn II. I. I'liftun inailr "N o ! Ju»t heraute I once »at on ^ARREN D ALt Ainu IcrriHgimi I I’ NM CHRONICLE I torn an a it to hava one o f thr hii kne*. the cheeky bounder wants fln»»t »mall town theatre» in Ore- to »crape up an acquaintance." Mr*. A K. Juhrtniirt wan a dinner Th» n»w »how 1» goin g in host*»» Salunla) night for several linn. down l.y th<- railroad »taturn in fIunii» of th» runiinunily Th'»»» Iceberg» in N o rth A tla n tic J j 1 »,* ^ ,,. owner prr.rni « r i* Mi ami Mi» Itavi* Ih.iiiK-villi- ■ r . ' In '..r.-« In »>.<• Mi »."! lira Krtekaon, Mi #n.i of thr Broadway and oth »r Port North Atlantic varies greatly from Mr» Wall, ami Mi ami Mr». A land Oi-aln-*, »ny* it will Iwi »ound year to year. In MJ2, there were • <|uip|H->|, run lat»»t p iriur»« and U W ; In l i d . only I f ; arid this year Johnaun I-» modern in »v »ry detail. ntiout Ton A« they tloat slowly south, Mi A lfir .l llendrt I'nli- of the formal Opening ha* 'bey keep their size until they reach « trip to |*i tatui not 111 -n flied. hot it will lM- under the Gulf Stream where they melt •la> way ..Km after the middle of the within a week or two. This warm month A |o< al manager 1 » to lie water has cveo hi-en known to melt T he alai'ttun thi* year was hold " l e d '' (jamlila, who i. ; comtdell'ly one of the <• great moul) in tho W arromlala g a ia g r, Kor ap|M.intnl n.untigei for M-veral o f the theatre 4 many y » t n th» oh) »rhool huu»» M i. * man's w askly. ha* l*»en uponod on » lo t io n day, propartie«, »aid he did not know yet who would lie in eharge. hut .in *» thr Ih.nnavlll» »» b**»l wa» a tr ip to l*i.rtla ii*l, I hut ».In >• II, I tini» Krrrln«l«»n . .. * ,,,,,■ *, Dunn m i » I . . . . f i '- I ' •>•*«»•»•> »■ • M - . i 4.1 mi.l \l * n Portland Mi . oml Mr , t, I I were nl»*> e u » » t » at |l am#» Mr- II » amili** ai* (h i. a r c i f**f < *'«1 «’ ■ Ur M A H u 'te r f•«>«! r f ll» r t * IH - | w „m|ar alt h a Ira fur Mi. M I a M l. « I. i B ftu ir r V • M u n i* fro m prim W a rr e n 'Milt i h » W at ran P*<kn>« Co. pur- j,ik ll *r >• .pernii!)* « V j* ,. to V ancouver visit in « L , «ml Ml» C. Murphy ara L i « Warra lutala thla weak Un Itoli.»* «* Portland. * L Lt a**k of m rha»«*l th» srhirf*) and It I» now rrntod out a» a privât» rr.td .n rr ladi»» were attending a rortrrrt or »oinrthing at the t ivic Altar lu». My lirai t.salon Auditorium Srated in the par- •|uet. they looked about them. a ’' Nlea huildmg,” »aid one lady. An A m » rtra n ha» rlaim ad w orld '» fo rtin i fo r a <l»la>»d para- “ What »tyle of arrhitertur» ii It?” chuta jum p. I.ut o u r* w ill l * d e la y "I'm not quite aura,” »aid th# ed lo n g .r th an th at Indum apolia other lady, "hut I think it'» Rem- H •* n,fl®* Star. Iniarenre " - Pasadena paper. j I I j Slate Lookin g-C Ia»» A rrhltrrtural trium ph Two ; i ! Sialo dm», not s»*m a very like ly «intertill from which to fashloa a uaeful liM.klng glaa». Yet the an clatit Kakimoe made mirrors of »1st», and soma o f these hare been round hy an archeologist digging In Alaska. Th# surf are was polis tied, but trafora the alata mirror would reflart the feature# o f a person It bad to be dampened with water. (A nnouncement our Puirons and the General Public: 7/y I n V IK W o| the Inn lamental inju* tli» ol the trlc|d . ■ f t* ' t ucd O *lob«» II I y i. * cd Public Ut'li «> *■ - n <1. "04 live, in full) s a bthttr*. but to »t: 't.lt t..c !: . ttCf t*i *« .in lot bn»* *ti n On t ■■ I * t» «; tti w r h • let: jK.iafll) :i *■ Public Ulilitie» C ir* i*- . ncr Pen ling the final determination by It - court, bills lot richai.,;e tcSr; tune srtvic» will be trndrtt 1 a* I Pc t al*» in r '¿eel fx l<** tc* the Comm or»: »order. O'. » Company hn» g*vcn i undr! the c -.¡it'« order, which I illy p tecta alt cut custom**« in c«i* *.ny t i.m l* t.ity I c due T«Up* .nr rutes have b »c" re,; dn • Ir O regon lor twenty vc.ir*. ani only tca»on~blc earnings tin ler the tv- »t 1.» v« rablc buiinrss condition- have t>ecn a low n l It is a well known inct th.it out earnings under regulation -re rnited in good time# Private indutfty t» not so lim ited D uring tba depression, tele phone earnings, along with those of other businesses, have been seriously impaired l>ecause ol the decreased use el the service At all times our investment is f.sed by the public requirements and conse quently the carrying charges on our telephone plant are likewise fisrd Urn1' r regulation we are not Kuaramltfl any return on our investment and wc arc fu rm illfA to earn only a fair return when btisineas conditions make that possible. T hroughout the depression, it ha* no’ been possible for us to earn any hgur* even approaching a fair return. O l I R F.ARNINGS in Oregon dur ing the taut eighteen month» have been less than 2% per annum on our prop erty. the value of which i» $.'>/ 000.000. The value of »he property uiul in intra state Ore ;on 'i| * *tii,n» i» i31.000.00C' The Pu'-di* Utm’ ie» Come ■ iioncr held, in ! re ' ot ■ t ’ fi • h .iiion of the prov-rt) worth only ii-0.025,- (-'0. i reduction of MO,* JO.*00, or over The reduction tales ordered, w! !c -.mall to the o v uhnl rate-payer, c . to the Company anil will re rice our present |. m earnings to 1® o the value of the property, It is app. i that tliowc dif- #cr-• i : - .ire : .. t . .in • not r - nor cor •• -tens tit • t ’ -r C -»v rn.ght make. :: , v.t ; t • m* n 1 * e| whici ban ■ vm Or-gon :* ■ : ervi ce of th.r ' cm quai.ty the io ves* nenibi ' ‘ *t Ccfsiste » \ t" r *n n c:'l lafctv v.t: c tvi.. on ad - -ei; ..y the Public UtilineaCommis o n e r.W e n .: t com ute to render .tn ariequ tie, depend able ,. >d sati*.'actory hti' ice. and meet out oblip.it ■ • to t-ic public wc serve, tl in- ii i n who are loyally de- voting their live« to this great public «crvicr. jnvl our stockholders In ful filling these responsibilities wc had no other recourse than the legal step which the rate order forced us to take. T h e REEL SYSTEM , of which our Company is fortunately a part, has dedi cated itwc If to the fundamental policy and purpose of rendering the most tele phone service and the best at the lowest possible cost to the public. Our Company, through its contractu al relationship— in no sense a relation ship of a subsidiary to a holding com pany as ordinarily understood — with the American Telephone and Telegraph Company receives the full benefits of the many services furnished it hy an ex- tensive, investigating and experiment ing centralized organization. The value of these services so far exceeds the amount we pay for them and they are so fundamental and beneficial in our rendering a drpendr-bie anti constantly improving telephone s.«-vice. that we would have been remiss in our obliga ti out patrons if we had failed to avail cu rscjv 's of them. It •• in tt icd : ct, conclusive- db tual expei ence for many year*, that 1 i iti i iur r n i l t g i o f f v » ti at n in all ¿he benefits and ■ Iv— t ; : s . ::: ui.vg to ua as a part of the Bell tern wc ave b ;cn able to render, c prel nd effect vc ly n un- cqualcd service to our pat-or.s. It would not have been nos ¡hie. either financially or rnyidcaily for our Company, working : r- ,i . patron« which obtain by virt. ct the fundamental, ■ cocitroc* tt: '.»l.v.i.in hr •• -ic’ i»cu r privilege ; . A. iciated Company of the Bell System. V V f , E A R N E S T L Y D E S IR E that our patrons have the full facts and we welcome at all times the opportunity to discuss any phase of our operations. W e fully realize the welfare of our business depends upon public confidence and good will. W e would be glad to reduce rates— voluntarily— if we were financially able to do so. W e can not do the impossible— we have the obligation to play our full part in bringing back better times, to share the added cost of government, to meet our full responsibilities in render ing at all times the highest quality o f service at the lowest possible cost, to provide a plant with the highest degree of performance, and to preserve the financial integrity of the property. E. D. W IS E Vice President and General Manager T u t P acific T elephone a n d T elegraph C o m p a n y