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About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (April 17, 1936)
Chronicle reaches all sies in tin* Dam Areu fr«#ui Ison to H erm an C re e *. widely reud and omy WHpaper In the e n tire jii Area. O fficial paper for City of Cascade Lock». 16 PAGES .1 me lit— n o . a THE BONNEVILLE DAM DELIVERED BY MAIL EVERY FRIDAY THREE MONTHS FOR 50c CHRONICLE h o w k v im . k — FRIDAY, \PRIL 17. 1936 CASCADE LO CKS IVER’S RISE NEARS TOP WATER DECISION OBS LOW BIDDER ON TOOTH ROCK TUNNEL IS APPEALED TO riim, Blrkemeier S.ireinul, r »iI- i r«»ntrn*l«,n*. -ulmnlt«-d a low of 91W.M7.ji» for eonstruetion of Ih r<«.-k tn m i'l. jiiht v\«*-t of |c cre«k and pari of III#* Coium- riv«*r hlghway relocation pro- w ly*n hkl» were open«*d on In« s«l.i> I*> t !»•• I nit* d M;il<‘i> tu of puhlic ro.ol SUPREME COURT The Cascade Locks municipal waterworks system, w ith the con tractor almost ready to begin and th** PWA funds on their way from Washington, 1». C.. hit a further snarl this w#*«*k when the plaintiffs Lady Luck smiled on Mrs. cete In the recently r«*Jech*d injunction suit against tlo* city appealed lti**|r Lewallen ff-t Wednesday evening. ii. Lynch, «ll-trlct enirineer for <lo* was playing pinochle, her case to the Oregon suj»reni«* court. lloireail. Ilio» recomniended tli.it H ie plaintiffs seek an injunction favorite card game at her home I m * awar«h*d thè rontrart. to restrain the city from going w ith her husband and Mr. ami B > i* r l»id» »tib m ittiil w ere: Colon- ahead with the waterworks on Mrs. S. S. Stevens. >»n»trn«’ tion company, Sposane, Mr. Stevrii- ii.-alt , band. Mrs. grounds that n in e days* n o tic e was ,U<. M ilcoiin Meli, l'ortland not sufficient fop pasing on the Lewallen took her cards and those »Lì; P. L. Crook» a company, charter OcbAier 31, 1935. under which her partner had given her. land, *2«'*.*46; Jophu a Eld««n which the bonds were issued. They N perfect hand. ].'**> trump and land. «*250.040; .irai M orrison- !(•• aces, mad«* her ey«*» hulg>* out. has*- their appeal on legal technical I— on company. Bolse, 926n* ih 7. ities. I ’nless a special hearing at Sh«* made every trick, naturally. tunnel w lll b«* bulli w ltn Ore- .Ne««dle»s t<i say. tin* gam«* »*nded Salem can he obtained, the appeal w ill probably be lieard the last natlonal for«*»t hlghway fumi», right there. It was her first per week «»f October in Pendleton. bcma a llo ttili w itli 925.000 fect hand in years of playing. Mr. Kelly Of PWA** Portland offir.* rihut*-l by Ilo* alate hlgmvay is awaiting word from- Washington Bn —ioti regarding disposition of the funds now lavina sleel for Hu-I allotted the water system. However, pi l ’ icifi. - reioc.itton pian» t•. | he experts that construction w ill be work on its new contract w ith start»*«! ■rgardl«*»» «if the appeal. ► d a y -. of Appealing Circuit Judge Fr»*«| W il be employe«! to drill m>l b la » l! son’- decision of March 23 against |h|gt,W iv K37 feet through thej their suit ar«* Mrs. Jessie H. Tfiomp- -on. W illiam Sundsten. Mr. and Mrs. I Will be 2# feet wide «villi Charles Olin. Mr. ami M r*. Erick Ttireat of Columbia river's swift •ilk- on each »ide. It w ill |>e Erickson. Mr. and Mr-. August l»«*ler- with 2***o yard- of concrete current, partly diverted through 86.000 pound» Of steel Will be Bradford »mugli and the power -<*n. Mr. ami Mrs. Erick Cranstrom. house, to wash out the main line of ami L a ri Hrulrrskiold. red. Eagle creek highway bridge, the t'nion Pacific railroad. is being which excavation, town I In a b •tiled by Orino. Blrkemeier A S ir- vard» of unc|a»»if|ed material, emal, railroad relocation contractors. >*• hauled, is nearing complc- The river’s sudden ri»e of ir» feel >> .loplin A Kldon. sleel work in tile past week was boring away ictors. at the railroad embankment. On for I he relocated highway Wednesday al II a.in.. OB? under The body of W . C. “Red” bailey, Hom irtlllp to the west portal force account order- from the I*. S. C o I u m I* i a Construction company f* tunnel are expected to be engineers, started dumping rough v\e|d«r. who was swept, apparently by the bureau of public mad- riprap between the new railroad oon A complete new highway tunnel and the navigation lock to to h i- death, last Thursday morning when he fell into tin* raging torr«*nt Bonneville to Cascade Lock», protect the railroad I in«*. flin g (lie many curve» and. From a shovel in Kagle erees cut. of the iColumbia river. had not been I» seen w ithin the coming trirt'k» take the material to a dump recovered the middle of Hi is week nd a half, on the new grade west of the tunnel. «lesplte a continunl seareti. Bailey was working on top of crib Another shove! throws it down to 12 «•iitling sli«*«d -l«‘«*| piling when he the weak spots where bulldozers was knocked into Hi*' 21-mile-an- spread it around. hour current by a falling timber or A larg e amount is being dumped piece of scaffolding. Tie was s«-«-n to at the east end of the locks, where the concrete wall, to which ships come up onc«>. then disappeared In w ill He up in the future, was the swirling waters. Columbia «kvn- -Im dion company sent down a «liver, d service- for Charles Joseph thought to be in danger. La-l report* who could descend only a few feet of Casca*le Locks, who died yesterday indicated that the river because of the force of Hie current. In Cood Samaritan hospital w a- being defeated in its attempt to Dragging opeations ar«* b«*ing earri«*d k*tI.' ith I. were held Wednesday wash away the wall and tracks. on as far downriver as Hamilton Dun in Vancouver, W ish. is|an«l and watch is being kept for .’ll yean "f .ig>\ was taken the body. isolati.,u of the Bailey, who made his home in in a National llo»p||a| asso Vancouver, Wash., is survived by his ciatimi aiul'ii lance. Cause of his widow and a daughter. II. W alker, Columbia Cnnstuc- dealHwas iiudi't,Tmine<l several days ut was feared to be either tlon company workman, who fell or spinal meningi! s. He was last Thursday evening into Hie in « •I as a carpenter on the dam. terior of crii* 2*. is nearly eco»ered P is siivivcd hv his widow, from the accident. a W alke at first was thought seri a five-year-old daughter, Margaret Bankin heeame the of ously hurt, bul X-rays indicativi no ■lean, both of the Locks: his . Mr. and Mrs. Matthew M il - 1 fractures. He is at his home in Nnrlli ficial postmaster of Cascade Locks Thursday morning when she took I three brothers, John, Paul Bonneville, Wash., recuperating. »neis, all of Boise, Idaho. ‘ the office over from Frank Hall. MRS. LEWALLEN OF LOCKS DRAWS 1500 TRUMP IN PINOCHLE OBS FIGHTS OLD MAN RIVER TO l.iv ,M, k. . ticklish |ob. The PROTECT TRACKS \n iveraa- .V» imml Body of Bailey Undiscovered Yet 1er Funeral Id Wednesday H. B. WALKER RECOVERS FROM FALL AT CRIBS B. MISS RANKIN NAMES FRANK HALL ASSISTANT MIP. —-----------------... Beginning thin week nnd evefy nd Mrs. («lenii Johnson left | week hereafter, Bowen «St Rnnls’ > for ilari,I Coulee t<> make Bed «Sc W hite store ad w ill appear One liiere. on page nine. » PLANE SHOOTS HEAD OFF CYLINDER OVER LOCKS; JULIUS FIXES Hank Julius of Morgan's garage, C.,-cad»* Locks, was called to his favorite w««rk. repairing airplane engines, Sunday when tlo* Waco cabin plane«* which Dr. Bill Ran- «Idl of Klamath F a ils was pilot ing his family over the dam area, conkrsl out and a forced landing was marie at th** Looks airport. On** of the p|an«*'s nin»* cylinders shot it- head right off. Julius had to make special t*«ols to fit the new head <>n. Monday morning, his ship repaired perfectly, fa*. Ran- dill, dentist by profession, ama- t**ur pilot for fun. roared up on hi- way to Portland an«l hack to Klamath Falls. j CRIBS _______ _ COLUMBIA SHUTS DOWN WORK ON NORTHSIDE CRIBS Columbia Construction company was expected to lay off its crews on the northside crib construction today or tomorrow as the Columbia river, under impetus of warm weather continued it- rapid an«i sudden rise. Week ago today when the rise be gan Hi«* riv**r level stood at 15.6 feet d Pier 17. By Wednesday morning t had risen to 26.3, and the official pn*dicti«»n of the weather bureau wa- that this morning it w ill stand about 31.5 feet, with the erihs over flowing at 33 f«*.*t, expecte«! Sunday or Monday at the pr«*-ent rate of rise. Prediction is for continued warm weather in the Snake river basin, where the m ajor part of the ri-e is c m in g from ami the bureau’s r*Tor<ls indicate that 3*7 feet, three f****t <»v«*r the crib tops, may be reached before an expected recession until the big push to the spring freshet peak i- reache«!. Columbia w ill h** able to continue Augustus II. Kingsbury, t'?ED crib its work on the south half ui the inspector, was mortally injured last (C ontinued on page 8 ) Wrdm-sday aftern««on when he fell 16 f«*et into a ballast pocket on tile south**ast rorn*T *»f crib 2* of the Washin<rton-si«1e cofferdam. He die«| in a Port lam I hospital of a skull fracture and c«*r«hral hemorrhage shortly after being fak«*n there by ambulance. • Kingsbury mad«* his hon«t* at In a startling upset. Miss Thelma Cun pry falls. He i- survived by his Daugherty nosed out Mis* Rose widow .«n*l six children, the young Ceciliani fo r the title of ‘CMiss Oas- est just six weeks ol«i, ami Iwo chil- cade Locks” at th»* final windup of dren by a former marriage. Funeral the Locks rhamb«*g *,f commerce -• tv ic«*s were held Mon«lay in Port b«*n«‘fit fiances aturday night at Mer- land. ill's Columbia Gadens. Diflerence Kingsbury had been in government was seven dance tickets or 35.000 -•■rv jc«* sin«*e 1 iN»T». He sp«*nt many votes. Clara Nix took third place in year- at Panama, when the big canal Hie contest. was umler construction. II«* was »aid “ Liclitnin' " Pointer won ov>t Bill to ««n«* of the parly «>f lhr«*e white Keeler the title of "He-*jueen" by an men who first cn»s-«*«l the Andes even -m ailer margin, a mere five from the Pacific, traveling down the ♦lance ticket-. «*r 25.000 votes. Amazon riv«*r to its mouth. Approximately iOO persons at- C. A. L«*ve,jue. Columbia Construc- ten«le«| the Saturday night’s a ifair, tlon company foeman, ami Otto R. the last «>f th«* three benefit «lances Lunn. IS E D supervisor. witnessed designed t«< raise furnls for the cham Ho* fall ami sii<*e**ed«*«| in getting ber's participation in advertising the Kingsbury out of the water in short Columbia gorge. Accounting or pro time. ceeds has not been finished, since all receipts have not been turned In. A. C. Brown is a new resi«tent of but it is exp«*ct«*d that the chamber Cook’s addition. cleared several hundred dollars. Kingsbury Dies In Fall Off Dam Miss Daugherty Crowned Queen Tug ‘Bonneville’ Makes First Passage Through Locks At Dam T J. S. Corlinski. resident engineer. Tile lock at Bonneville dam was as Major Skerry, and a number of other op«*ned to navigation for the first! St ! engineer officials and their wives. time, when the I ’SKD lug Bonneville, Passage took four hours, due to dif carrying a party of 1'. S. engineers, made a slow passage Umiligli it ficulty with stoplogs usc«l at the lower gates, and to the sw ift cur W«*dnesday afternoon. rent abov»* the lock. About six of Three other small vessels were the party were lar»:«*«! on Bradford als«> lifted up into Bradford slough island. thnuigh the temporary gate facili When completed, the Bonneville ties. Permanent gat**- w ill not be lock w ill have the tpghest single lift installed for another year. of any in the worhl. L ift w ill be 60 Mr. Hall w ill remain as Miss Ban- The party on the Bonneville In- feet on the average w ith a maximum kin’s assistant, sh«* announce,I this eluded Col. (Tirarle* F. William s, sec «if 66 f**et at high water. Tlie lock is week. ond Portland district eng’neer, Capt. 500 fe«>t long and 76 feet wide.
