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TWO T H K B <, X X K V I 1 . 1. K 1 acti ve in tli»? buil din g of a new THE DAM CHRONICLE mun ic ipa lit y. He r m a u y fr ie nds r*‘gret to see P u b li s h e d every T h u r s d a y iu l h e r leave. T h e Chronic le wishes t h e i n t e r e s t s of t h e B onn e v i ll e I h e r all t h e h a ppin es s in the world d a m area. ___ 1 a n d looks f o r w a r d to th e times T, . , ! s he has prom is ed to visit the xoui- J O H N H. T R A V I S ................... t d i t o r m u n ,ty ¡n t h e ( u l u r e . Official p u b li c a ti o n fo r A m e ri c an Legion post No. 88. Bo nneville. Oregon. ••YOU NAME IT" ( B y R o b e r t H Stevenson» In e ver y place wh ere men g a t h e r a n d w ork t o g e t h e r th e r e aiises a j u m b l e of t h e i r a g g r e g a t e pro S U B S C R IP T IO N R A T E S vinc ia lis m s t h a t go to m a k e up By C a r r i e r t h e e sse nce of th e Ame rican lan One m o n t h .............—. ___ 20 c en ts gua g e . in s h o rt , slang. Here on T h r e e m o n t h s ............. t h e d a m m e n of all classes and By Mail c o u n t r i e s have g a t h e r e d and the T h r e e m o n t h s ........... ........... $0.50 s la n g of t h e Bonneville dam has Six m o n t h s ........- ...... ........... $1.00 come to be pro bably t h e richest O ue y e a r .................. — ........... $2.00 a n d most u n i q u e in th e history of ------------------------ - " " l th is c o u n t r y , exceeded only by the OU R PR O G R A M s la n g of t h e Califo rni a gold nelds 1. Develop a fire p r o t e c t i o n in t h e ea rl y fifties. syst em . Sla ng is t h e l a n g u a g e of th e big 2. C r e a te a w a t e r d i s t r i c t a n d c o n s tr u c ti o n c am p a n d w ith ou t it develop la n d s b e t w e e n C r a i g - ' a m a n would have a h a rd time xnont hotel a n d H e r m a n c re e k . m a k i n g him se lf unde rs to od. For 3. In s ta ll s t r e e t ligh ts. i n s ta n c e if you should overhear 4. Lay do w n s i d e w a l k s — e v e n t b e following o r d e r from a boss, t h o u g h th e y a r e w oode n side- w h a t would you m a k e of it? w alks- ! " S e n d me dow n two dink y skin- 5. I rg e t h e fe d e r a l go» e r n - j nerg> a hook t e n d e r , seven wood m e n t to p u r c h a s e t h e toll b r i d g e ; butchera> tw o dozen cana l w re n ch e d m a k e it a fr e e bridge. e8 t h r e e Ir ish bURKies a nd a muck 6. L a u n c h a campaign to m a k e t h e la k e back of t h e d a m ' , , . .. I n l e s s you w ere fa m ili a r wit! t h e m o s t p o p u l a r r e s o r t on t h e , • __, , JTr rnaet t h e s la n g of a c onst r uct i on job t you wou ld t h i n k t h a t man was in sane. It is g r a n t e d t h a t an order S T R E E T IJ (iH T 8 of t h a t w o rd in g would not go S u m m e r will soon be h e r e a n d t h r o u g h , bu t t h e t e r m s exist and we will not n e ed s t r e e t l i g h t s — , a r e us ed daily. s e e m s to be t h e opinio n ot t h e \ " d i n k y s k i n n e r " is one who City Council of C as c ad e Locks, o p e r a t e s a small locomotive of any W h e n t h e council first m e t t h e r e kind. A " h o g g e r ” is one who oper- w a s q u i t e a f l u r r y a b o u t g e t t i n g at6S a la rg e locomotive, being de- t h e m in. Th e q u e st i o n was raised rived fr o m t h e ra il ro a d s la n g for t h a t t h e pow er c o m p a n y w a s go- e n g i n e which is " h o g ” . A "cat ing to rob t h e people fo r th is ser- 8w in n e r " is one who op e ra te s a vice. T h e issue was in v e s t ig a te d c a t e r p i l l a r t r a c t o r . A "h ook tend- a n d it was f o u n d t h a t t h e j a t e s e r ” m a n a g e s th e hooking and u n q u o te d w ere as re a s o n a b l e as a n y h o o k i n g of c a r g o from a h!-lin<* r in t h e st at e. T h e qu e st i o n of c ra ne, a n d a " w ood b u t c h e r ” is a s t r e e t lights was laid awa> for r o u g h c a r p e n t e r , a n o t h e r day. It will be nice w h e n P r o b a b l y t h e most un iq u e term s u m m e r comes. to be e n c o u n t e r e d a n y w h e r e is ------------------- ;;--------- t h a t applied to a co mm on long h a n d l e d shovel. It is called a E I R E ORDINANCE At t h e n e x t m e e t i n g ot t h e “ c an a l w r e n c h ” . It also has oth er C o m m o n Council of C as cad e L<ocks n a m e s e quall y fitting, such as a pro po se d o r d i n a n c e r e l a t i v e to “ m u c k s t i c k ” a nd " d it c h p l o d fire r e g u l a t i o n will c om e up for d e r ” . An “ Ir is h b u g g y ” is a second r e a d i n g . T h e o r d i n a n c e w h e e l b a r r o w a n d so me crack- p r e s e n t e d is long a n d covers m a n y b r a i n e d w ould-be wit ha s said t h a t a n d va ri e d m e a s u r e s in r e g a r d to ^ »s 80 c a ^ e d be cause the Irish t h e h a n d l i n g of fire. w e r e first t a u g h t to walk on the ir h in d legs by r u n n i n g a wneel- It is p e r h a p s one of t h e mo st ba rro w . i m p o r t a n t o r d i n a n c e s t h a t has are numerous other There b e en placed before t h e council. t e r m s t h a t b r i n g a smile to even In places it is e x e p ti o n a ll y s t r i c t t h e m o r e s ed at e, such as "Sw edish a n d in o t h e r s it is lax. cond iti on p o w d e r ” for snoose or If t h e o r d i n a n c e h a d been e n s nu ff . Add to th is " m u c k s k i p ” , a c te d tw o y e a r s a g o a n d h a d it which is a th re e -s id e d steel or been stric tly e n f o r c e d t h e r e wou ld wood en box w’ith ri n g s on four n o t h a v e been a fire in C as c ad e c o rn e rs to lift it by, which is used Lo c ks in t h a t tim e. to c a r r y r u b b l e in a f t e r it has W h e n it is e n a c t e d a n d p u t into been loaded by h a n d shovels. An e ffe ct t h e r e is go in g to be a c e r a i r c o m p r e s s o r is called a " w i n d t a i n class of peop le wh o a r e goin g j a m m e r ” or “ w h e ez er " . A t r u c k to feel t h a t t h e y a r e bei ng sin gle d is a " f a k e ” or a " k l u n k ” . Any o u t as th e only off en d e rs . piece of e q u i p m e n t t h a t is not W e u r g e e v e r y o n e i n t e r e s t e d in s t a n d a r d is called " J o e McGee” , t h e w e lf a re a n d s a f e ty of t h e c om why no one se e m s to know'. It is m u n i t y to be p r e s e n t a t t h e co u n m u c h like t h e n e w s p a p e r te rm cil m e e t i n g M on da y n i g h t w h e n it " 3 0 ” which m e a n s t h e end or fin co me s u p fo r second r e a d i n g so ish. W h e r e it beg an a nd why no t h a t w h e n t h e m a r s h a l visits y o u r one knows. It a p p a r e n t l y Just nap- h o m e a n d s u g g e s t s c o rr e c t io n s in pen ed like L i tt le Audrey. t h e w ir in g o r h e a t i n g a r r a n g e W e a r i n g a p p a r e l comes in for a m e n t t h a t you will u n d e r s t a n d bit of ve rb a l rib b i n g w he n a ha t w h y he is th e re . is called " l e a n i n g f a t ” . Gloves are k n o w n to t h e i n it ia te d as " h a n d <XyUNCILWOuMAN LEA VES s h o e s ” . F i t t i n g t e r m , i s n ’t it? “ Hi- T h i s week C a s c a d e Locks lost b a l l ” is a d y n a m ic a n d magic one of its le a d i n g citizens. Mrs. word w he n it comes as on o r d e r H a r r y S e y m o u r , k n o w n to t h o u P i c t u r e a crew of men e re ct in g s a n d s be fo re h e r m a r r i a g e as Mrs. fo r m s for t h e p o u r i n g of concrete. Mae Silva, o p e r a t o r of t h e Inn of T i m e b e om es a vital e lem en t. We t h e B ri d g e of t h e Gods, is m o vin g will su ppose t h a t t h e men respect w it h h e r h u s b a n d to d a y to a k - t h e i r boss. H e receives ord e rs fr om h e a d q u a r t e r s , a n d comes out la nd, Calif. F o r y e a r s Mrs. Se ym oui has on t h e Job. " H i - b a l l ” he sings and been k n o w n by t o u r i s t s a n d r e s i t h e n w a tc h t h e m lay Into It and d e n t s a l i k e for h e r w o n d e r f u l make, t h e ch ip s fly. It m e a n s h u r m e a l s a n d h o s p i t a l i t y a t t h e fa ry, r u s h , speed up. " B r a s s - h a t s ” , " p u s h e r s ” , 'h a r d - m o u s inn. W i t h t h e i n c o r p o r a t i n g of t h e city s h e w a s h o n o r e d by h a t s ” , " s h i f t e r s ” , a n d “ g u n s ” a re b e in g elected to t h e c o u n c il a n d t e r m s a pplie d to bosses or fo r e in th is c a p a c i t y h a s be en v e r y m e n in g e n e r a l, t h o u g h “ brass- !>>>■ ■ •» 'il l.ats" and "h ard-ha''- ai* properly reserved for engineers and Inspectors^ Since the Bonn*- vllle dam is being co nstructed u n der the supervision of f he Aai De partment. Corps of Engineers, the term “ bra ss- ha t" is parti* u- larlv fitting as that term comes from the army and de sig na te s of ficers of high rank. ' H a rd -h a ts is a more recent term and grows out of the wearing of the new pressed fiber helmets on c o n s t r u c tion jobs, as a protection again st falling rock They are not pa rt ic u larly confined to en gineers or In spectors, but ure mostly worn b> them, and have become a badge of recognition. Th ere are h u n d re d s more tha t space will not permit mention of. thoug h each is as inten-sting as the last. Some day some e n t e r prising person Is going to m a k e a dictionary of these te rm s a nd pr«- serve for posterity one of th e most interesting phases of co ns tr uc ti on work. POWKII AN IS n I e Imtiu'diately upon his arrival In Washington. Oregon s en ergetic democratic congressman. W a lt e r M. Pierce, re ite rated his s ta n d concerning the di s tri bu tio n of Bonneville power, a block of which should be available in 1937. Mr. Pierce advocate* i 1 i elec tric energy to the public at a price suffiient to r*-pav th** cost of the total Bonneville system allocated to power and amo rtize d over a period of fifty years. » 2 1 g o v e rn ment owne rsh ip a nd control of the Bonneville system Including more than one main tra ns m is si on line. (3» more responsibility for the Fede ral Po w e r Commission, * 4 > reservation of a definite a m o u n t of power for public consumptl.M He says: “ Electricity is a necessity in this modern American « D lll z .ti on This greates t of all resources be longs to the people, i want to «**»• it actually bring a bou t ‘the more a b u n d a n t life’. " I t can be one of th e g reat est farm relief movement» ev*T in s tituted . It may !»*• the salvation of the American fa rm e r. " In this co mpetitive civilization in which wae live selfish utilities have charg ed e xo rbi ta nt ra te s and denied the people a liberal use of th ei r own resource. I believe the gove rnm en t must now step in and provide the public with power at cost. Some of the reasons why the gov e rn me nt can produce and d is tr ib u te electric energy m o r e economically th a n most organized utilities are : (1} few high s a l aried executive«. ( 2 i no dividends on watered Btock, (3» no e x p e n sive propa ga nda , and (4 ) no lob byists. "Bonneville was not con s tr u c te d as a unit of war. The Fede ral Power Commission should be given more a u th o r it y over it r a t h e r t h a n a r m y en gin ee rs u n d e r th e W a r De partment. " T h e r e will he no su rp lu s power a t Bonneville. The problem Is to s af egu ard the genr^al public so t h a t organized utilities and In dus tr ie s do not get c ont ro l. ” 2,400 A MONTH American Legion records in d i cate t h a t World W ar v e te r an s now a r e dying a t t h e ra te of a ppr oxi ma te ly 2.400 per mo nth , which indicates t h a t the Grim R ea pe r is working fast am ong Legionnaires a nd o th e r ex-service men. If ve t e r a n s dying leave assets of less th a n 11,000, t h e g o v e r n m e n t will Pay $100 funeral expenses. Th**«« burial a w a rd claims a re being a l lowed a t the ra te of 2,205 per month , showing tha t only 195 of the 2.400 ve te ra ns dying per month have more th a n $1.000 to leave to t h e i r families. T h a t ’s less th a n one ou t of twelve who has an est a te of even $1.000 — not such a prosperous and favored class, a f t e r all. G ove rn m e nt In s ur ance is not considered In the a s sets but pr iva te in su rance is. »M C L K W R O O SEVELT O fW M ^ o n n F v ^ i Direction J. J. Parke er FRIDAY. SATURDAY— JANUARY 3.4 ALICE BRADY— DOUGLASS MONTGOMERr “ LADY TU BB S” B ehi nd t h e B u t l e r ’* H a r k Hhe Played hj - a W i t h H i g h So c ie ty . . W at c h Her Sou**- ** SUN.. MON.. TUES.— JANUARY 5-6-7 JACK BENNY —IN— “ IT'S IN THE AIR” with Una Merkel, Nat Pendleton. Ted HeaJy and Mary Carlisle A F u ll lf«»u*e of C o m e d y Thr« *- King», Two WEDNESDAY. THURSDAY— JANUARY 8-9 GRETA GARBO— FREDERIC MARCH FREDDIE BARTHOLOMEW — IX' “ A N N A KARENINA” A Mig hty Mot ion P i c t u r e T h a t Will U t « Lott In Y our H e a r t ! D o o r- o j* -n I b illy A ft*l s u n i U ) , O : I '*—— M.*iin*-r no » . 1 y a Program for J A N U A R Y & FEBRUARY 4S U B J E C T T u CHANGE JANUARY 10-11 — • MARY BURNS- FUGITIVE” JANUARY 12-13-14 — "G0LDDIGGERS OF 1935” J A N U A R Y 15-18 “ STRANDED” J A N U A R Y 17-? * — • STORM OVER THE ANDES” J A N U A R Y 19- 20. 21 — “ BIG BROADCAST” JANUARY 22-23— “ REMEMBER LAST NIGHT” JANUARY 24-2S— “ TRAVELING SALESLADY” JANUARY 26-27-2»— •‘HANDS ACROSS THE TABLE” JANUARY 29-30— “ SHE C0ULUN T TAKE IT” JANUARY 11— FEBRUARY 1— “ FIGHTING YOUTH” FEBRUARY 2-3-4— “ IRISH IN US” FEBRUARY 5.«— “ CHINA SEAS” FEBRUARY 9-10-11— “ LAST DAYS OF POMPEII” FEBRUARY 12-13— “ B0RDERT0WN” FEBRUARY 14-15— “ EAST OF JAVA” FEBRUARY 1 6-17-1 K — “ BROADWAY MELODY” HKlmi'AHY I ,-20 1M 'DEVIL DOGS OF THE AIR' FEBRUARY 21-22— “ STORMY” HKItlll AHY 23.24-25— “ THREE MUSKETEERS”
