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BRISBANE THE BONNEVILLE DA THIS WEEK War? \\ lio Know»? Strange Hanging JIow O ld 1» L r a f l ? NX liut Arc Life and Death? Lloyd George rajs there will be no war "thin time," hut Nome In Ku- r o p e «I o not agree. Mussolini want« F r n n c e mul Knglund to Join him In un a g r e e m e n t to n u p p r e n n any outbreak affect- Ina them. France 1« said to have uiovei! troops for de- fen im * to the Uer- rimn frontier, al though It I n hnril to guess what those t r o o p s Arlfcur llrla b im # could do. If Ger many declared war It would he with planes dropping explosive« and poison gas on ¡ ‘arts. No nathm at war will sit lu trenches for four or five years, now thut flying Is real. Britain, going a loug way around, wisely, sends a suave statesman. Captain Kden. to Moscow to see Stalin o f Russia. The talk, not pub- Untied, may have been like this If England agrees to help you fight Ju|Min, will you help sgainst Germany, In case of need? A British naval officer cut the throat of a shipmate. In England they hang you for that. When hanging time came, Mrs. Violet Van- derelat, prosperous widow, opposed to the death penalty, hired two plnnes to fly back and forth above the gatlow a, trailing banners read- i lug. "Stop the death sentence." While airplanes flew overhead. I trucks drove hack and forth be fo re the Jail, with loud ai>enkers bellow- ling “ Abide With Me." The man that “ killed hla comrade ¡sleeping," or however he did It, did not "abide.’* He went through the [trup. Graft and d'shonesty are old, as |®hi as htiinun need and cunning. A inpyrus written L 200 yeurs be fo re t'hrlst fella of three men tried for vbhlng a royal tomb. Egyptian lings were descended from the fods; to rub their tombs was sac rilege, the punishment death. A dishonest Jeweler, putting base aetal In a supposedly “ pure gold" frown for King lilero, was exposed t*y the greut Archimedes, who The Chronicle Delivered • to Any Home in District Each Week by Carrier 20c M onth \ Olil .MK 1Î, NO. 8. l*ON\i:\ II,LE CASCA.OK MM KS T ltl KSD.AV, A P K IL 1H, 1»»:« Digging Inside STATE CREW IS am Slow s RUNNING SURVEY Railroad dob from Locks to C A offerd month of easy and better ON SUPER ROAD than expected excavating came to a gradual end last week, a» the Eagle Creek Early in June Columbia Construction company Engineers from the state high Engineers to Ask for Bids The contract for relocating th e-ca n n ot start rem oving material Union Pacific railroad tracks he- until the steel super-structure has tween Eagle Creek and the toll been built on the recently coni- brldge will not he uwarded until pleed Kagle creek bridge piers, early summer, it was agreed by or gt through the tunnel until af- Unlted States engineers late last ter the bore has been concreted, week after It became apparent The roadbed for the Union Pacl- that the contract on the first sec- flc tracks is practically finished lion could not be finished until through the reservation, but much the later part o f May at the earli- remains to be done on the Tanner est. creek viaduct. The Guy F. Atkinson company, General-Shea and Orlno, Bell & Malcolm are among those who are expected to submit bids when the government sends out npeclflca- ,,o n " 11 ,M ri,porte<1 th» ‘ «*veral other contractors are stuyding the ground with a view to trying for the Job. After numerous studies the en gineers have concluded to push the railroad tracks east through the hill at Kagle creek on an open cut. This Is going to m ake it necessary for the government to demolish at least two and probably three of the houses which were built last summer on the circle In Kagle creek heights by employees at the dam. In making the cut the eng!- neers propose to begin work at Kagle creek. The want to hnul the dirt and work across the Kagle creek bridge and through the new T ooth Rock tunnel. They ARGUMENT OVER QRAVEL DELAYS HIGHWAY WORK ENGINEERS HIT , HEAVY STREAM IN TUNNEL FOUR Heaviest stream of water yet encountered by United States en gineers in their search fo r the hidden lake In Ruckel slide was encountered last Thursday In tun- „e| N o. 4 at a dl!(tance of better than 500 feet In the hillside The stream burst through the earth, flow ing two second feet but continued to gain In volume Untu now lt la fio w |nK four geo. ond feet. Unlike other streams o f water which have been struck by the men who are working In the tunnel, the flow shows no indlca- tlon of diminishing, Small pockets o f water have been hit from time to time in the tnnnelB, but they generally drain themselves in a day or two and the engineers proceed with the tunnel. Geologists continue to Insist that there Is a large bod of water in the hills nnd say Ruckel slide will not behave until the moun- *a in is thoroughly drained. Bngl- neers believe the water Is in the bills, hut expert to find It In a series o f small pools. --------- — --------------- Work o f rebuilding the state highway through Cascade Locks did not get under way Monday. ns anticipated, and The Chronicle has been unable to learn when the Job will be started. Inability o f the state to reach an understanding with the high NFW CONTRACTORS SET est bidder on the work relative TO WORK IMMEDIATELY thought out a method In his hath, to the source of gravel has caused | Parker-Schram, already work- tnd started the word “ eureka’’ dowu numerous delays, although It through the ages. thought to have been definitely inK at *UU speed under sunny »ettled. • skies on their contract on filling Crews employed by the high- :,ronnd new government Michael Angelo, building St, Pe e r 's at Rome, complained to the way department have been set- buildings arid on the permanent >l»e of the materials furnished by ting grnde stakes, trees along the roa,l system. Jumped their »»*>’- P'ntmctors, reminding Ids holiness right-of-way have been felled and r°D some 30 men Thursday, as modernizing the |hut he, Michael Angelo, would everything is in readiness for the their bid on nnke no profit from St. Peter’s ex contractor to begin moving dirt. 1 krounda uround the permanent cept “ benefit to my soul," nnd urged The contract calls for handling residences was accepted by army [he pope to punish the grafters. 10,000 cubic vards o f material, engineers. The contractors’ first m ove I here Is even g r a f t n o w In t hi s inud- much of which will he used in making the HU In front o f the w«» to start laying the lawn krn, enlightened republic. Cascade Locks Lum ber company, sprinkler system and conduits on The Pacific Telephone & Tele- the streets for the drainage and XVliat Is life? What Is death? graph company and the West under-ground light cables. The X hat lire we? Const Power com pany expect to move came as a definite surprise. An English gentleman "dies"; |octors pronounce him dead. He put crews of men to work within for it was not believed by many fturns to life, says he has been In a few days removing old poles that the work would not get un- naven, tells what he saw—a dull and building new lines. The con- der way Immediately, although it [»•count, clothing the same us wo tractor had announced that he is known thnt the good weather rear hers. How far, how fust, »lid would _ have his equipment on the probably will not last more than Is-« spirit travel while he was Job the first o f the week and the^ another week. I'l'Ml"? town wns under the Impression Also Included on the com pa n y’s IJnnt does the soul do while the: that 30 or 40 men would be em - winning bid of $39,819.23, is the ■ supposedly dead? Does lt 1 ployed - * In * ■ * the - - * highway ------- — -v k « t Work o f installing concrete curbs. >dy is work by gutters, walks, drainage man- the middle of the week. However. away and come hnck, or Just wait the delay seems to be only tem- holes, catch basins, storm drains, found Inside the body? What Is be under transformer vaults and electric XHth? Some say It Is only a “ bc- porary and the work before the end o f this week j lamp standard bases. lf," and there Is no such thing. neared the bed rock form ation in their foundation digging inslue of the river cofferdam for the south unit of the main spillway dam. The work progressed from a plus 30 feet elevation to a point some 40 feet below before the g o ing got really harder. As the size o f the *’ h oie” gradually lessen ed, so did Colum bia’s mark of averaging from one and a half to five feet a day. It has now become necessary to drill and shoot at least once a day, but a fleet of trucks is still on the go every minute haul ing the excavated material over to the earth-fill cofferdam on Bradford island. Three shovels have been used In the hole, w ork ing 24 hours a day. At the present rate, excavation will he com plete within two weeks. Just about the time engi neers expect the first o f the high- water to put In Its appearance at Bonneville. Although It Is expect ed that water washing over the cribs will drop some materia] In the hole, no great amount will have to be taken out when the freshet passes. C olum bia’ s cribs are In first class condition, proven by the fact that only two o f the huge water pumps are now necessary for keeping the deepest points o f the excavation free from too much water. The crib crews were ¡aid o ff ten days ago, with the last sealing and reinforcing steel driving. C IA B F E A T IR K R SPEAKER The Bonneville W om a n 's club will feature a guest speaker from Portland at Its meeting next Thursday, April 25. Because o f the program, the guest house on the reservation will he used for the gathering, which will begin at 2 o ’clock. Mrs. Stanley Levack. Mrs. Wayne G off and Mrs. Nichol son will act as hostesses. way department are running sur veys between Cascade Locks and Bonneville for the new super highway. A crew of 12 men have been engaged for the past several days and will probably be In the field for som etim e yet. Construction o f the first sec tion o f the new road between the toll bridge and Falrview, west o f Troutdale, is contingent upon aid from the federal government. Impression prevails that the state highway commission hopes to obtain first aid on that portion o f the road which will parallel the railroad tracks, east from Bonneville to Cascade Locks. This Job will necessitate the building of tw o tunnels at Eagle creek, or in going through the hill at Eagle creek heights in a cut. The state has repeatedly ex pressed hope that the road can be started In July. Appearance o f the engineers in the field gives rise to the belief that the c o m mission at Salem expects federal funds to be available. KUCKENBERG-WITTMAN DONE AT EAGLE CREEK The K uckenberg-W lttm an c o m pany, sub-contractors under O t I- no, Bell and Malcolm on the Union Pacific railroad relocation through the dam district, packed up its bags last week and left fo r home, its work on the Eagle Creek bridge completed. The three piers, which will support a steel truss bridge, w ere ;o u re d a month ago. Since then form s have been ripped o f f and the grading work Just east o f the piers, the most important feature o f which Is the back-filling, has been completed. The remainder of the bridge will be Included on the next rail road contract. High W a ter in River Forces Columbia to Close Down Cofferdam The Columbia Construction com pany is preparing to knock o f 1 work on excavation for the fou n dation of the spillway dam with in the cofferdam and pull its equipment beore the rising waters ; o f the river begin pouring over the tops o f the cribs. The river may level o f f early j next week and remain stationery, or It may fall slightly. *but the contractors figure that it will take three days to get the steam shovels out o f the pit at the bot tom o f the river and apparently d o n ’ t care to run the risk of los ing them. Unless the unexpected occurs, the shutdown on the work within the cofferdam will last fo r about 60 days and the shovels cannot be returned to that sector until late in June. Promise is held forth that the Columbia will em ploy large crews when the exca vating Is completed, and the pay roll may go to 2,000 men. or higher. , The river has been rising grad ually fo some days, due to rains and melting snows In the m oun tains on the upper reaches o f the Columbia. T he weather bureau has predicted that the water will not go above 25 feet, and this rise will not occur before next Monday. At that level the co n tractors will still have a leeway o f four feet before the cribs are submerged.