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About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1935)
BRISBANE THIS WELK ; Importuni new« for Ufi* In unnico C*' h ■ I•>• ni**». A *i> <>! I iri** or early death I m Itiherlti'd, ac cording 'n Hf. Felix Bernstein of Columbia uni* V e r M 11 y. who talked to the Na tional Academy of Seienee lu Chicago. A sci entist can tell how old you are ph y ul rally, by examining t h ** letiM of your eye. It always shows signs of harden- * " * lng before fifty; the extent of the hardening derides bo* 0,(1 >wu “ r* h i he rest of your body—brain, b*arr and all the rest - grows old as rapidly as the eye lens £ Tlng ......... , , ................... ,, , , . , out accident, and at- ticks by m s i w germs, there is a wrt of -predestination- In the Igth of life. Two brothers, fifteen and ten fears of age, with s young friend. ►re going to an entertainment last Christmas night. George Bond and ^fcrl MrMurty o f Copiar Bluff, |o . thought It would be amusing ! • frighten the children by run- . .. .... . . . . .. k T. ï : 9- THE BONNEVILLE CHRONICLE m i l l MK Z, NO. II IH IN V IA 11.1,1-; CRIBS CAN TAKE SUMMER’S RISE ENGINEERS SAY IM'If ton \e;.i .•'<1 hoy, J lB M THCRSDAV, CASCADE IAK KS • S P E C IA L PROGRAM F ET KH • • M L T If MtHOOD S E N D A V A T • • l AHTAIlK LOCKS (.ItOt NlkS • m iv p FIRST CONTRACT FOR NEW SUPER ROAD AWARDED With the awarding of a con tract to Tom Lillebo, of Reeds- port, for constructin of a bridge across Eagle creek the state has |t»:{.~, 8WunB 1**1 action on construction of the new super-highway through Columbia Gorge, from Troutdale to Cascade Locks. JUNE 11 NAMED FOR BALLOT ON INCORPORATION Other contracts on section be tween the toll bridge and Tanner creek will be let at an early date • __ __ • and work should be well under • Tribute to the mothers of * way in June. • the nation will be paid Sun- • _______ Total cost of the completed • day In a special program at • Although the Columbia I m ris • 1 p.m.. sponsored by the Fra- • Residents of Cascade Locks road haB been flxed at about fo ,- lernul Order of Eagles on the • will flock to the polls June 11 t6 °00,000. Anywhere from a quar- ing Htt-ndiiy uml promise« to go a fhls cost will be government grounds at Cas- • vole on whether or not the com- higher this Heuaon than normally, *d to the state through dredg- cade Locks. • munity shall become an incor- army engineers are confident that lng ° f channel for ocean-going Assisted by Odd Fellows, • porated city. th ey ran hold their cofferdams in Rebeccas, American Legion, • The date was set last w eek hv VesBe,s betwe« n Vancouver and Bradford slough. schools and other organlza- • the county court at Hood River Bonn« v,n«- for the gravel from As a usual thing the river doe« lions. Eagles plan to present • following the presentation of a ^ I.W * W' U be puJmP* d not Now to exceed 626,000 N ton d several noted guest speakers. • petition for the election, signed different spots between Dod- feet |*>at Bonneville. In the great whose names are not yet an- • by 60 person», including a ma- * ° n and Troutdale and utilized in flood of 1894 It went to 1,170.- ..................... nounced. Music will be a • j orRy of business men * and old construction of the roadbed. The new road will cro&s the ” , v ’ or ttlrnoHt uounie doub,e mat ,hat ^ or or- • reature feature of the program. • residents of the area ennre. ned : d ln.ry yaar. Army engineer, an.............................................................. SEfS“ " . f i Polling place will oe in the office raUroad tracks at Troutdale, pass tUlpate a flood of something like of Attorney G. A. Cobb across' over the Sandy rlveT on a bridge 700.00« second feet, would not be from The l i l i e s Freight line of- and ke«P close to the water's edge amazed to see the river to 750.- flee. to Dodson, where It reorosg the ooo seem) feet. Reason: There Is Only registered voters w,»| be ra,,r° ad traclu’ The road W,U 25 per rent more snow in the come out at Dodson opposite J o « eligible to cast ballots on the mountaluM at th headwaters this Buscher’s dairy farm. From that question. Registration must be year than is common, and the point to Cascade Locks It will made at Mr. Cobb’s office on or season Is one o f the latest known , * o , , . , , follow close onto the present before Saturday In order to vote. . . , - v to the white men right-of-way. Work of reconstruction on the Although established in 18 »8 Generul-Sheu ha» strengthened state highw'u v through Cascade wbt*n construction of the govern- ,. In planning the super-hignway ~ T I the trestle which e r r , « . sand_ and , , „ kH 7 n der wav this week ™ent locks was begun. Cascade the *U t « h,* hway eng,neera haTe KERNAN STARTS HIGHWAY WORK THROUGH LOCKS a / i B* ' r* *H *ber,‘- j slough to the mixing plant on the H-lie two older Is»)a -got there." |»la *d. and have anchored the nan moved fk e DAM fom u latlO B us ■ »r a r t a t ln n Ain In. dropped dead of Right I! - . . . . . . , . *. ...... . » - against a break In the cofferdams. Th- « M « e «ff-r d .n , ,L ,,v . ,h - decided that the two men powerhouse and locks can be II a|»cnd six months In Jail and built up to a greater height If the i t . , 9111) fine for thi-lr "JokO.” The river l»ecomes too unruly, but the B }1 might aroO htit m a u ti'n army engineer, do not dare In- pasr-. for It wiim stupid manslnugh- crease the height very much with- l*r Thera U nothing more brutal, out raising the Union Pacific ^ ■ e l or more completely worthy of 1 railroad tracks. They are prepared railroad tracks They are prepared • genuine “ ynhiM»" (ban frighten- to Ilf the tracks and fight back lac children. ---- f z ______ < In ~ ------ — n his ■ . , • I _/W» I f tt h a u n o v o e h o o n I n o iir n / .r u ♦ _ equipment, ‘'d despite Its estimated ....................... .. , present ty o f the old road with speed on . From Troutdale tc . . dump large filing for drain» on Tor <* makin* the community a maintained In its present »cate citv stres«« the need nf united ac- “ ,c'1 “ * ,l!> t'rcac'u siate n „ J r L l through traffic win «Ion » . . variety of f r o » . , gineer and superintendent of the 1,011 on “ variety ------ - flow Job got into action tain for the U,cks the advantages gorge i n a roa thaT Size of the crew will be increas- wb*ch It requires but which It „ nosses«» long swooning c u r v e « e<J u th|. W()rk advances The cannt hope to get without central 11 POB" ess lon* -5P<ng curves ^ . “¿ c t o r e x ^ t s to employ 35 1-dersh.p. Those against thé and ^ grades, except for a short or 40 men to f)nUh the j((l) w|lh. measure fear an increase In tax- £ * , bet^ n the to11 br,dK*i and , dav_ atlon and the addition of a bond- f cr* e* Just west of Crown Point the " Rngine« rs chuckle«, when they ° d debt. rock whTcT 1? • o T " rock which Juts out to the river h, ard that tlmld aplrt8 ,n Cascade ---------------------------------- be shaved awa will be shaved away. The Union _____ througn the * h - r « h . ? a â w * n«b . r i , « £ U - kl '« i- l- « ,>' X< K BKXK" TS flow hmurh .e foundation «^f ment l ° ,n< orpl,rate tho town for , » “ W »rte r s of Cascade Locks rock a tannel Xear ? this spot S e c r e t a r y >»f Interior Ickes, who the m ’werh.M.se ^ f e n r o f ,OB,nK the hlkhway work, baseball team will dance next the huhw av wiU , be carried to ■1», posaesaes the gift of forcible p< mouse. They said the work would go for- Thursday evening. May 16. at r,ianj which ^99*'' 1>. calls S»*:iiitor Long “ a rant In event the flmtd gets out of ward under any circumstance«. M errill’s pavilion. neat^ th ^ s h o r e V rom 1” * ^ ^ Vl^ta ing demagogue,” describes, more band and sweep» away the up- that an incorporated town did Funds raised from the benefit House It will run up th island 9tlv. one other well known broad- streum cofferdam and takes out better than unincorporated towns dance will be used to purchase f0j. f 0,!r m||es then duck back per, ami rnbukM; without u n - the General-Shea trestle the en- because the government was foot- equipment and pay traveling ex- to ma|niand to the mainland. Hotting his tiattie. Doctor Townsend, gineer« can throw a railroad lng the bill. penses of the team. Near' Crown Point and again whom to- accuaou of arti— lng falsa tra« k acro«M the powerhouse and Delay was caused largely by ar- --------------------- Oneonta the current is swift and hop«- In the “ underprivileged.” put material for the mixing plant guments over the gravel for the TRUCK SERVICE ANNOUNCED th* river deep jnshore These on the Island without much de- work. Satisfactory arrangements A n addition to Lester Auto spots will have to be filled and Sciintor Huey Long. Ills liingnat«- luy and at a small eotrt. have now been made to procure Freight line’s truck service be- riprapped. They offer some of the OOfcr falling him, able to »peak bis No fears are entertained, either the material, according to Aid- tween Portland and Hood River most expensive work on the en- nlgd fr»*ely In the senate, adilr«-ss- by Columbia Construction com- rich. During the delay, state nigh- was announced this week. tire new stretch of highway. Ing that niigust b«»«l.v, describes the P«ny or the engineers, for the wav crews finished laying out the The new truck will leave Port- The «»ate highway engineers ascr< ary »»f Interior as “ Lord High great cofferdam In midtchannel of stakes for the new grade and the iand eaoh noon, to arrive at Cas- believe the army engineers are Ch||inberlaln lek«*», the chinch-bug thr Columbia. They figure that (Continued on back page) cade Locks about 2:30. prenaring to go forward at once Of fl’hlcugo.” tin p ra M irt will not he material- -------------------------------—----------------------- --------------- --------------- — with the channel work between Beretary of Agriculture \VallH«*e ly Increased ater the flood gets _ _ # Vancouver and Bonneville, but ho ton I led tb»* "Ia»rd Destroyer, the under way In earnest, for the aur- S a t u r d a y , M a V 1 1 , 18 L a s t D a V are prepared, if necessary, to igOOrumiiM of Iowa." plus water will spread out as the * 7 ^ rent a dredge and pump material in from the river for the rcaabed. «ne boya In high school, nnd They estimate that the material ____ r boya in colleges, r f c w t l f — can be handled at eight cents a organ I red a “ strike” to express ly passes by mid-June and after that date the river begins to fall. Saturday is the last day upon which residents of Cascade Locks cubic yard. their horror of war. Conditions may be different this can register for the election of June 11. War Is horrible^ It should be, At the June election people will determine whether they wish H I G H " AV G U A R D R A IL N E A R and eventually will be, unnecessary. season, or the flood is getting a late start and should be longer tG incorporate the town. E A G L E C R E E K COM P I A D ill But there Is some good In all evil, Opposition to incorporation exists among certain people who are Repairs to approximately 40 and young ».indents nnd others In arriving and passing, unless Columbia should reflect on past wars and the weather turns extremely hot »peculating in property In Cascade lx>cks to the detriment of the feet of the edge of the up In British Columbia and over health and well being of the residents of the town. Strongest oppo- rjVer highway Just wost of Eagle what modern civilization owes to In th»* headwaters of the Snake sltinn is voiced by property owners who do not live in Cascade Locks, creek were completed last week them and the Salmon river In Idaho |)Ut 0wn large property Interests in the town and reside in Portland, by highway crews. and Hyomlng. Should the sun get Then there are others who have been Influenced by one argu- The section as damaged when German^ wants colonies, and Is In some fast work and the snows ment or another. These people are all registered and may be ex- a strip several feet wide slid dur- •uibnmissed |>y the fnct that this begin to run o f f in heavy volume pected to vote. lng construction of the new would mean taking In a grent many the situation at the dam could A large number of people who make their homes In the town Union Pacific tunnel underneath black ladles Hn«l gentlemen that hy and are eligible to vote have not registered. They may be expected to Tooth rock, carrying away the become suddenly acute. no i stretch nf the Imagination support Incorporation. Every one of them should be registered. guardrail and making one-way Oldtimers still talk of the flood could he called "Aryans." The Ger The grip and control of one man on Cascade Locks will not be traffic imperitive. man government announces that, nf 1894. Army engineer* are not impressed'""for they point to t h e i broken until the people incorporate the town and take the things in- New construction Included a while It could not admit negroes to German dtlrenshln as ‘ilrTtaln steadily diminishing precipitation to their own hands. Every vote will he needed. But these votes concrete bulkhead to support the doe* in her colonics black c> In the back country, which ap- must be registered to count. And they must be registered before edge of the highway with a new lontol negroes would l.e -q. h.»f,i,» nears to be the result of a pro- .Saturday. Ask your friends to register. : section of guardrail of reinforced fohtone” with every right exceot nounced dry cycle, and the pres- Registration books are open at C. A. Cobb’s law office. Cascade concrete and native stone with tb* right m . d Z Arr.n i,tn,L 1 Z c * o i numerous reservoirs o n ; Locks. There Is no cost. Register anytime between 9 a m. and arched anertures similar to the » k i m K -tu r - » ynJlc.tw ’ the snake. ! 5 *> m’ , oth* r b «* b" a y « » * • -m““”"*:! TJ'oT.pn„, no»»».»».- l i Z ^ Z Zl to Register for June Election