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f FO II K THE BONNEVILLE DAM CHRONICLE experience will tell. We can be sure dition west to city of Hood River, that shoal waters lie ahead to test dated December 14, filed December the ship of state. History is as elo 15. HOOD HIVER, OREGON quent upon the downfall of nations Emma Hendon to Mr. and Mrs. as upon their rise. Frank Hagen, warranty deed con Official paper of city of Cascade Meanwhile let us make a few good veying strip of land in Odell district Oregon. resolutions—let us keep them. 75 by 100 feet, dated November 19, Official publication for American filed December 19. Legion post No. 88. Bonneville, PASSING OK THE TREE Sherlie G. House, a widow, to Mr. Foremost of the anti-climaxes of and Mrs. Alstyne J. Grow, warranty SUBSCR1PTION RATES Three months ...................... 10.50 the post-Christmas season is the deed conveying tract on east side Six months ........................... S1.00 Christmas tree, stripped of its trim north of Pine Grove, dated and filed One year ................................ $2.00 mings, minus its inspiration, de December 19. prived of its gilded trimmings, lying City of Hood River to Mr. and Mrs. Entered as second class matter at on its side sad and forlorn in the S. J. Moore, deed of conveyance con the postoffice a I Hood River, Oregon, background of thousands of homes. veying tract near Tenth and Oak under the Act of Congress of March The week before Christmas it was streets on south side of Oak in Na o, 1879. the center of holiday festivities, it thaniel Coc donation land claim, con was the king of the Christmas dec JOHN II. TRAVIS...................... Editor orations, the widely-used symbol of sideration $150, dated February 28, HUGH A. SCOTT......Vssociate Editor Christmas gaiety. Excitement and 1935, filed December 19, 193G. Mr. and Mrs. William M. Sylvester Publislkcd every Friday in the expectation accompanied the securing to Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Moore, quit Interests of the Bonneville Dam area ° f R ‘n the foothills, its “ transplant- claim deed conveying same tract, by the Sun Publishing Company, Inc. ing” in the corner of the festive dated March 11, 1935, filed December home, the decorating with bells and RESERVE OF BONNEVILLE tinsel, and the heaping at its feet of 19, 1936. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Moore to Mr. POWER gayly-wrapped parcels. • and Mrs. A. S. Kolstad, quitclaim Now it is relegated to the back The emphasis placed by interested deed conveying same tract, dated yard to be buried beneath the snow citizens on industrial use of Bonne ville power does not mean that other and trampled under foot until it will December 16, 1935, filed December users would be stinted. Domestic be consumed by the rubbish fire af 19, 1936. Louise Hoerlein and others to Al customers will in no way be deprived ter the spring house-cleaning. But we of the Cascade area need fred H. Taylor, deed conveying of benefits from Bonneville merely because industries absorb part of its not feel the* “ letdown” when we re about 75 acres southeast of Oak huge capacity. The Oregon state luctantly toss aside the tree whose Grove, in the lower valley, dated planning board's advisory committee drying needles are beginning to litter Jully 1, 1935, filed December 21, 1936. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred H. Taylor, on power has recently completed a the living room floor. We are ever in report indicating that 50 per cent of the sight of the comely evergreen. deed conveying same tract, dated the Bonneville output might well be We have but to "lift our eyes to the August 6, 1935, filed December 21, re -ved for a reasonable time for hills’ ’ to see thousands of trees 1936. do cstic, public and commercial us- whose green constancy might well O. H. Rhoades and others to Mr. er.i and the other 50 per cent made] be an inspiration of human stability. and Mrs. Edward Sparks, warranty immediately available for industries.! We often overlook the beauty or deed conveying lot 5, block 4, orig The facts show that there is n o ' the nearby hills, seeing only the inal town, now city of Hood River, large potential demand from urban snow-capped peaks beyond. But dated November 17, filed December and rural users in Oregon which in those accustomed to living in the 23. the near future could absorb any semi-arid regions where the land considerable part of Bonneville’s scape shows only flat prairie, roll full generating capacity. The report ing wheat lands, or sand and sag< further points out that the capital brush knolls—when they come to outlay required for investment In live in the Mid-Columbia, their hun electric appliances is the major fac ger for the beautiful in nature ii By H . A . S. tor restricting greater domestic use of electricity. Consumption of Bon it has been said that all men fall neville power by domestic users must trees grow the year around. into definite classifications. In the be built up gradually by increased consumption per customer and by w w v w v w w w w v w w w w v v v w » proper condition a man can fall into almost anything. new customers arising from popula • • • tion growth. THE BONNEVILLE DAM CHRONICLE FR ID A Y , JA N U A R Y mention of wrestlers as “ athletes.’’ Resolution 8: To be a good boy, to brush my teeth twice a day, to see my dentist twice a year, to have my oil changed every 500 miles, to insist on the genuine product and not be content with substitutes, and to re member to say, "I saw* it in the Sun.” • • • Well, that’s quite a list. See if you you can make some high resolves that will be as easy to keep. • • • The sun never sets on the British flag nor on the American automobile trailer. • m • As the girl in the beauty college said, “ I’d dye for dear old Marin- ello.” • • • 1, ISSI finding 1938 calendars in the mail, isn’t it? • # • And don’t forget, folks—only 304 shopping days until Christmas! Beyond Need Aunt Jinny, small Jean's old-maid aunt, bustled in one afternoon to announce that she was engaged to be married. That night when Jean said her prayers, the little girl failed to mention her aunt’s name in her petition. “ Didn’t you forget to pray for Aunt Jinny, Jean?” “ No,” replied Jean. “ I just didn’t think she needed to be prayed for now since she’s going to get mar ried.” Human nature never changes, and maybe that explains why Dad still Takes a lot of pluck to go to an gets a kick out of playing with the institution like that. toys the kids get for Christmas. • • * After all the dirty cracks Odd About the only man who can make Shots made about Christmas neck a living out of guessing contest* !a ties, he didn’ t get a single one. He’s the weather man. going out and buy himself the loud est old tie he can find just to spite his thoughtless relatives. • • Spruce up! • Now that Christmas is over, many of our young girls have learned that mistletoe doesn’t make so much dif ference as they thought. • * • Magazines generally frowned on the use of Santa Claus in liquor ad vertisements. We trust they will also ban sketches of the old boy with a hangover. • • • It’s nearly the time of year to start for the Holiday with a stylish PERM ANENT W AVE $ 4 .95 up LE RO Y'S B E A U T Y Shop In Rear of Merrill’s Barber Shop Cascade Locks O dd Shots 1 Compliments Meetings The report also shows that because of low average rates for domestic customers throughout the state", fu Cascade Locks Chamber of Com ture domestic rate reductions in Ore merce — Merrill’s dining room, gon cannot be as great as those Tuesdays, noon. which may he made elsewhere in the Bonneville Parent-Teachers Associa nation. I tion — First Wednesday every Although the planning board fig month, study club at 1:30, regular ures show that the people of Oregon meeting at 2:30 in Bonneville grade may not realize any great saving school auditorium. in their monthly electrical bills be Bridal Veil Lodge, No. 117, A.F. and cause of Bonneville, the importance A.M. — School house, Latourelle of this great project to industry falls, second Saturday in each should be kept in mind and everyone month. Visiting Masons welcome. should realize that its completion Cascade Yacht Club—Model room of will mean a great step forward for new administration building, Fri the state at large. days, 8 P.M. Cascade Locks City Council—Council chambers, Mondays, at 8 P.M. It»:;? IS ALMOST HERE Cascade Locks Boy Scouts — High Those who have a real taste for school, Tuesdays, 8 P.M. life and for the affairs of their fel Bonneville Boy Scouts—Grade school low human beings will be deeply in auditorium, Tuesdays, 7 P.M. terested to see how the course of Cascade locks Townsend Club—Odd events is shaped; to see men rise Fellows hall, first and third Fri and men fall, to see nations rise and days, 8 P.M. nations fall, for these things have Rebekahs—Cascadia lodge, Cascade happened witnin the coinpuss of a Locks, first and third Wednesdays year. ’ of each month, Odd Fellows hall, Sorrow will come to many, with 8 P.M. suddenness that stuns. Sorrow will Ilumsite post. Veterans of Foreign run its course and become a memory. Wars — First and third Mondays, Joy will come also, but rarely with meeting room of administration suddenness, for the greatest joy building, 8 P.M. grows out of patient and valiant ef fort. Joy will never be a memory, LAND TRANSACTIONS but a continuing possesion, unless Week of December 14 to December we disposses ourselves of it. 23. Compiled from data furnished by The new year will see new won the Hood River Abstract & Invest ders added to the list of man's ac ment company. complishments. This prediction is Edith H. Schaffner to Frieda A. snfe in such an age. Adams, warranty deed conveying One thing we hope the new year half of lots 8 and 9. block 1 of A. S. will not see. That is the weakening Blowers addition to city of Hood of ambition and moral fibre in this River, dated July 30, filed Decem country, which recent magazine ar- ti. lea suggested has already begun. ber 15. Andrew A. Overland to Mr. and (" .inning Pollock describes his feel ings in “ America Doesn’ t Give a Mrs. John M Wilson, warranty deed 1 inn,’’ in the American Mercury, conveying four acres in Rockford district, consideration $250, dated and an 1 he limns a gloomy picture. How about it? Is this nation on the filed December 15. d' >vn-grade? Are we, like the old Mark Skinner, superintendent of gr ty mare, not what we used to be? banks, to Hood River county, deed Only time, and the cruel fire of conveying lot 1, block F of first ad New Year's Day is here at last, and Odd Shots has decided to make a list of resolutions. Not to be kept, of course, but merely to serve as an example for other columns which are habitually conducted with less pro priety. Resolution 1: To refrain at all times from arousing the ire of any person who is in a position to horse whip the editor. Resolution 2: To catch the first train east or west in case resolution No. 1 is violated. Resolution 3: To remember our dear old mother in our will in case both the foregoing resolutions are violated. Resolution 4; To comment fairly, accurately and judiciously on all the important news events of the day, such as postmen falling off front porches, cows getting tangled up in hornets’ nests, etc. Resolution 5: To crack no pun which would not elicit at least three groans when repeated to a private audience. After all, the “ groan test” is the only valid criterion by which the worth of a pun may be judged. Resolution 6: To leave all person alities out of the column, except fig ures of world renown such as One- Eyed Connolly, J. Edgar Hoover and Shirley Temple. Resolution 7: To refrain from all « In 1937— W e shall strive anew to merit your friendship and good will. C. M . and W . O. SHEPPARD Hood River T o wish you health and happiness SAVE YOUR BUY WOOD to mix with our Green Wood at And all the season's cheer W ith everything that's best in life Throughout the coming year. $5 a Load CLARK FUEL C O Cascade Locks Phone 37: W eber Hardware Co. Hood River
