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About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 28, 1935)
/ T R K FOUR THE DAM CHRONICLE Published every Thursday iu the Interests of the Bonneville dam area. John H. Travis, Business Manager Official publication for American Legion post No. 8 8, Bonneville. Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION RATES By Carrier One month ................ ...... 20 cent* Three months ................. 50 cents By Mail Three months ...................... $0.50 Six months ....... - ...... - ....... $1.00 One year .........................— $2.00 OUR PROGRAM 1. Develop a fire protection system. 2. Create a water district and develop lands between Craig- mont hotel and Herman creek. 3. Install street lights. 4. Lay down sidewalks— even though they are wooden side walks. 5. Urge the federal govern ment to purchase the toll bridge and make it a free bridge. 6. Launch a campaign to make the lake back of the dam the most popular resort on the West Coast. ANOTHER THANKSGIVING Il O X X K V I 1. L K Today the Bonneville Dam area will arise to whet the carv ing knives in anticipation of the annual turkey dinner. Pioneers had another name for the oc casion. To them it was known as Thanksgiving Day. And despite the hard lives they led the oc casion was one for Thanksgiving. In this modern age the day has become noted for football games and a pre-Christmas holiday when everyone relaxes, takes a few hours off and sits down to listen to the radio. With the price of turKeys mounting and the price of pork soaring steadily upward,* house wives may serve either and be fashionable. Trimmings and vege tables are going to be higher— but that is good because it means more money for the farmer and better times ahead. When the last bit of the cranberry sauce has been sopped up and we can look back with a full tummy upon the year that has brought the current harvest season to a close the ma jority of us will realize thai the twelve months last past have been better to us than we might have anticipated. In the district surrounding the dam none have grown wealthy and few have gone hungry. Ther£ have been no severe storms wnich have taken lives, no serious fires, no suffering which could not be relieved by society. A majority have worked the greater portion of the year and all have had abundant opportunity to enjoy “ Let me live in my house by the side of the road.” life in a mild climate where na A native bard once wrote. ture is at its kindest. We have nad good schools, orderly government And for many years it has been an ode and are at peace with our neigh bors and the world. True, few of That people have loved to quote. us will reflect back upon our It has done much good to the happy state, for that is not the human race, way of man, but when we permit And it strongly appeals to me. ourselves to remember that eco For a similar house in a similar nomic conditions are steadily im place proving; that we dwell under a Is where I would love to 'be. government which still recognizes By the side of the road in a the rights of the common man; humble shack and that we are living in a golden I could rest content age as measured by standards of And give the public value back the past we might realize rather For every nickel it spent. suddenly after the last drum I do not seek to be a financier nor stick has been tossed aside and one of our leading jurists. the wishbone disposed of that Let me live in my house by the Oregonians in general and the side of the road people of the district have more And sell hot dogs to tourists. than their share of things for which to be truly and humbly An average of sixteen or more thankful. telephone calls a month is made by every person in the United Forty-four per cent of the tates, as compared with one a world’s telephones are now dial month for the inhabitants of the rest of the world. instruments. C » K ° * 1 *’ h B ' N * 'M \ | l i r i A WORTHY UAl'SK J In organizing a free Christmas party for the children of the dist rict, the American Legion is doing a noteworthy act which reflects credit upon members of the Bon neville post. The Christmas iree a year ago was a huge success and there is every cause to believe that the tree this Christmas will •be even more successful. Christmas is essentially for the youngsters. It is the occasion for joy and happiness among them and It is the pleasure in observ ing their pleasure that makes the day delightful for adults. If the legion did nothing else all through the year except bring gladness to the hearts of the children at Christmas time the post would justify its existence, for there must be some group at the head of a movement of this kind to make It wholly practical. However, the legion needs the help of everyone in the communi ty if the party is to be a communl tv affair, and it is to be hoped that the help will be forthcoming. No doubt requests of one kind or another will be made upon dif ferent people by the legion. Let us trust that the response is prompt and unselfish. SPHERING CONTINUES Despite the energetic efforts of Marshal Merrill to halt speeding through town the passing motor ists do not entertain great respect for the doughty minon of the law, who springs after them in his gas wagon with the glad cry of a hungry coyote on the trail of a lame jack rabbit. The erring motorists, overtaken and hauled before Judge Carlson, are uniformly fined $5. The town’s bank roll is helped som- by the judge’s action, but the speed demons go away unchasten ed. Or. if they are chastened, they do not make enough fuss about it among friends to frighten other motorists. The suggestion has been put forward that speeders be fined on»- dollar for each mile they exceed the speed limits. This sounds sensible for it would have the ef fect of marking up the goons so that the customer knows exactly what his efforts to make time on the good stretch of highway in town is going to cost if overtaken by the police. The temptation to speed is too great for some driv ers to resist. Others are too self ish to think of lives which they endanger. But they understand a fine. Fifteen dollars is not too much in a flagrant case— and there are plenty of them, despite efforts of Marshal Merrill and Judge Carlson to curb speeding. And one good $15 fine each day would be a material help to the municipality’s exchequer. I) A M 12 Things To Remember 1. The value of time. 2. .The success of perseverance. 3. The pleasure of working. 4. The dignity of simplicity. 5. The worth of character. 6. The power of kindness. 7. The influence of example. 8. The obligation of duty. 9. The wisdom of economy. 10. The virtue of patience. 11. The improvement of talent. 12. The joy of originating. — Marshall Field. Human Relationships It is said that the slow ap proach in the long room at the end of which sits Mussolini in ar ranged not so much for his physi cal protection as for 'he p lrpos»* of disconcerting tn«- interviewer During his progress up the leugth of the room the visitor iurg. ti* the set speech he has prepared and is likely to say something io».*r to his real thoughts. And of cours»* the setting is arranged to mak< 11 Duce very impressive indeed. Autobiography oi John Hays Hammond »Farrar &r Rinehartt. ♦ Like Mussolini, Stalin has the habit, nerve-rat king to his hench men, of asking them first «hat they think. They may try to guess what he wants them to think, but inevitably Stalin succe.-ds in dig ging out much mental meat. He then sums up, gives bis decision, and with sighs o f relief the hench men agree. This method, adopted by Mussolini from Machiavellis H Principe, Stalin evolved ir o n his innate Oriental flair for des potism.— Time. ♦ Before Theodore Roosevelt threw his hat in the ring for the lb 12 presidential election, some thing happen«*! that admirably illustrates the difference between him and Taft, a rousing recep tion was given Roosevelt in Wy oming, and a long line of admir ers passed to shake hands and greet him. a reporter standing by his side whispered that a certain m.in approaching was a great ad mirer of the colonel, who un. doubtedly recalled him. The colonel whispered "Vn i can’t recall him.” “ He’s been at the White House and lunched with you. His name's Watson. “ Oh, yes, I know who rie is now How ^H m an y children lias he?” fIVe’ ” 0, h;tB "lx— another w / orn A"8t a few f,ay" a* °-" veU hoib h ati >n r“ ai'h“ '1 Roow- n. ’ h hanfl* were grasped and h , art‘ ly ,,p n».,n £ My dear fellow. p m anfI s0 fIa„ T j e t a*a,n 1 Hhal1 never for delightful hour we spent «” " ,,w have six children n o w v ’11’*™ ^ r^7, r • " » " » « t a , tl0i î iy" U* beta h'-.»r n.-w .-vldttjr« J J 4* «•‘ om.nilr of ,^ « •Un». Hufflcleni r(U (‘ * * * '* " ■ « «o pronjp*1 ** Itoosevell to urd 9 *' « - date. bu, , k7 < ',0U ,t,<1 for th. . J * 1' turned thumb, do*. ,. •• they turned thumb« »! of t^**1** r" - r « I I . , ta fon.triKlIon „ ( „ * , W r '» «'.»Muta, « . . . • »• ■ a »t Hotm.viu, u t Mf ‘1»ms. but shlppi., means low freight contingent up«,0 , ^ channel, and growth r f i l -Hand back m Idaho J i • na * ill be retarded utj. Portallon < »«ts borons that th*- natural .'IU up around Pendku* ^ alia and L-wistoo *hi cling t the oHtioa thatL dam is the key to u a i And It may he. Vet of a <l.irr. at Umatilla vflfej than »»pen the fiaakt ' 4 ' - < • t | lumbla will never bt to O- eu f tajt, l '* • ' ? t e r 4»tu i>i at < . ! Fa:;* a-d »' »» of John Imy river With a (J '.ita* *•*! couver to i’ nceiUk freighters can ascead th to The Ralhn By dtahf e f again at Uelllo fills ul I»sy rapids the frvl|tt«l proceed to Umatilla. ÎW land from the rveae two daru* *<>uld not ftd cos' of the Umatilla tad dams on the Snake. Portland I» Jittery <m ment of si sport at Carf| the upper river 'o n u t A f**w months later, the same correspondent went to Seattle with Taft, again serving as unof ficial introducer He r.srognize.i an old Taft admirer ai pros* hlng and whispered. “ Mr I’ resident, there’s a man approaching whom you certainly rem em ber?” No, | don't WhaUa his twine?” The repor ter murmered it In h is ea r s»i the Taft r e 11 •* "S o , I don t Snake. aught be tin s»-vm to place him " e*i* which app«»r When the mm*» turn un.* over d» ep water tri Taft took his hand In a friendly the great Inland Knytrs way and bt-am.-d upon him as he The Dali»-*. Spoka*. said, "They tell me I ought to re. ’’ member yoy but. bleu« my soul, ter* have much to P&' I cannot recall you at all.” building of a seaport at! The former admirer, a promi The marvel ts thst t! nent politician In the state o f organize and make > Washington **-nt away and turn by urging Immediate' ed his strength against Taft.— of the dam at The Autobiography of John Hays second dsm *t rapids If these d*5* Hammond. built within the four years another Trifle* often help to turn ac tury may elapse ~—w beforrj again . quaintance into friendship. Soon ! a r i s e ! ------- whlrb after I met John Hay i American the federal go'»-rnn5c- ambassador to England» I heard Itaelf In developing one day that he was 111. Stopping river valley to • 5» ’ at a florist‘s shop. I selected iW>me can sustain a l*rg* flower», and wrote a card, ” r ro m farms and In John Hay’a H amm ond.” T h is1 . . g, pleased the fancy o f the genial, | painfully refl«*1 diplomat, and after fhsl we aaw i every politic*! „ a good deal o f each other.— Auto last 50 years the the educated biography of John Haya Ham class's, tbe titled mond. been In tbe wrong J* people— the toller* ^ The artlat. Jam«» McNeill uncom m on •e,D* ,nru M Mhlstler, was a difficult man to boon responsible approach, particularly on the nub. th. - ' r-form fi J'*ct of paying a bill. He painted th,. world I In nocturne* of blues and grays |lnm g filadito®* and Invariably npoke In similar -------- . terms. Blunt, matter-of-fact co n Th- r.- 1» < ‘n I* versation found him a scornful m o ral pe«pR th‘ listener. One day, however, his m ak e their landlord, needing the money bad p,.r.nn i ly. rconcelved a bright Idea. After making a graceful entrance Into boi I• to |h** painter’s apartment, he said". by saying I , g»« ' My dear Whistler. I did not come happy to speak In nocturnes o f blues and I live, krays, but I would like to discuss The longer a harmonious arrangement in sil ver and gold.” Whistler thrust ,,P" ply V ini,5?erenee^ hi* hand Into his pocket and pnld his rent with a smile. wea k and the PJ and the A Invincible ,letK? »¡d ^ Moshimoshl” Is the Japanese pose once t»r» * ^ __welivfnff------* or victory- ° W equivalent for “ Hello.”