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About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1937)
' THE Delivered by Mail Every Friday VOL. Ill, NO. »0 Fishladder Continues to Get Attention BONNEVILLE DA CHRONICLE BONNEVILLE H O OD R I V K K River Will Stay Shut, Says Chief With C A S C A D E L OCKS NOTED MUSICIANS COMING Milt Taggart, famous dance band leader, will be presented this week end at the Columbia Gardens in Cas cade Locks. On their way to a California en gagement after six weeks at the Round-Up room in Spokane, where they were on the National Broad-! casting system, the musicians' ap pearance will be a treat to everyone in this section of the gorge. Taggart is the composer of “ When It’s Springtime in the Rockies" and recently completed 80 weeks on the Columbia network. His appearance in Cascade Locks is sponsored by Johnnie Walker, manager of Colum bia Gardens. Rí^r rullile Library This W e e k s Thought An injurious truth has no merit over an injurious lie. Neither should ever be ut tered. — Mark Twain EHM) A Y . J A M A K Y 8, 1S37 Cold Halts Dam Work; 800 Odd Out Apparently a final answer to pro The Washington shore fishladder Bitter cold weather, -ranging down tests against closing of the Colum continued to be the scene of much within a few degrees of zero on some activity during the past week. Sec bia river above Bonneville to boat shifts, forced dam officials to order traffic between January 15 and De tion 11 was poured to the top of the j work stopped for all but a few spe cember 31, 1937, was given by Major- flow slab, while sections 12 and 13 \ cial steel crews at I P.M. AVednes- are ready for the first pours on the j General E. M. Markham, chief of day. army engineers, who said in news ; floors of the diffusion chambers and The order will affect between 800 footings. dispatches Wednesday that the order and 900 men temporarily, according “ of necessity will have to remain in In section 14 diffusion chamber 8 j to Columbia Construction company effect pending installation of the has been poured to the bottom of the figures. Resumption of work will de lock gates." flow slab, and section 15 to the top pend entirely on the weather. of the flow slab. Part of the section A group of men in The Dalles was A similar but briefer stoppage was containing diffusion chamber 10, and instrumental in organizing a protest ordered last week during the New three of the weirs, have been poured against closing of the river, lodging Year’s cold spell. the complaint with Colonel Thomas to plus 18 feet. Together with the Christmas and Robins, division engineer. They held The walls and center pier of the j New Year holidays, these breathing that the government had obligated entrance bay have reached plus 25 j spells have caused some men to | itself by earlier declarations to keep feet, and the north retaining wall work but seven out of the past four j the river open save during the month plus 17 feet. The fishlock block teen days. The percentage of idle Dave M. Marvin, chief clerk at i when the gates were actually in stands at plus 50 feet, save for the ness may run even higher if the center section. Bonneville in the office of the United stalled, or to provide some means of Nearly $7,000,000 for new work at present cold snap continues. passing cargoes around the dam. The upstream end of the fishlock States engineers almost since the Bonneville can be spent profitably “ Closing of the river above the block is nearly ready for a pour project started, has given up his post at Bonneville during the fiscal year project is to be regretted if it incon which will carry it to plus 60 feet. EIR E T O W E R R A ISE D there to take a job as assistant m veniences anyone,” Markham said, 1937-38, which begins July 1, Major General E. M. Markham, head of A small pour was made on the the office of the traffic manager of The fire lookout who scans the wingwall which brings the wingwall the Union Pacific railroad. Marvin “ but there is no other way out if we army engineers, declared in a re are to install the gates at Bonne lonely expanse of pine forest from port to congress Tuesday. mass section to plus 56*4 feet. Work was employed by the railroad for Fraser Point between Burns and ville." has also been done on shoring to several years before coming to Bon As of last June 30 Markham said Prairie City, Oregon, next summer Markham estimated the gate in support the beams and brackets neville. the powerhouse facilities were 66 per stallation would be complete by No cent complete, navigation facilities will do so from the dizzy level of a which when poured will support the 100-foot wooden tower which is the His place here will be filled by J. vember 1, 1937. floor slab on the wingwall at plus 88 per cent, dam 49 per cent and pride of its recent CCC builders. W. Brownfield, who has been his fishways 35 per cent. Since then sub 60 feet. The tower represents the latest assistant for some time. K E REKAH S IN STALL stantially more than half the re Some progress has also been made thing in wood construction using the Marvin had charge of issuance of The Kebekahs installed the follow maining work has been done on the on the piers, most spectacular part split ring device recently found all passes for inspection of the dam ing officers at their regular meeting power house (two units authorized), of the dam construction. Pier 1 has effective in increasing structural project, and in this capacity came in Wednesday night: Mrs. M. L. Mor dam and fishways, although little been poured to plus 54 feet, piers 2, contact with many famous person gan. noble grand; Mrs. Maude Brol- further has been done on the locks. strength of wood. 6 and 8 to plus 76 feet. Some gate The report covered the last fiscal slot grouting was done on piers 2, 3. ages. He was also active in Bonne liar, vice grand; Frank Hall, secre ville post, No. 88, American Legion. tary, and Miss Beth* Manchester, year, and showed expenditures up 4, 5 and 6. Mrs. Marvin and their daughter to June 30 of $26,120,357, including On the downstream revetment Marjorie will accompany Mr. Marvin treasurer. $2,167,052 in regular rivers and har scour slab where loose rock was to Portland. L O CK S P.O. D O E S BIG JOB bors funds and $23,953,305 in emer dumped some time ago, concrete was December, 1936, saw the heaviest gency funds, all of the latter being placed this week. This slab, in addi FOREST IN V E N T O R Y M A D E mail ever handled by the Cascade for new work. tion to the regular revetment, will The monumental task of cruising Locks post office. This record in Unexpended balances at the end assist in preventing scour. and mapping forest resources of cluded not only first class, but par of the last fiscal year totaled $16,- On the Oregon side of the spillway Oregon and Washington swung into At the regular Tuesday luncheon cel delivery as well. Part of this 315,154, or $8,492,874 in emergency dam, outside girders were poured in j its final lap last week when W. H. j ga¡n was ,jue the new star route funds and $7,822,280 in rt'gular funds. meeting of the Cascade Locks cham bay 10, between piers 10 and 11. ber of commerce attention of the Bolles of the Pacific Northwest For- ¡ ggj-vjcg originating here. (Continued on Page Sixteen) A couple of latch frames w ere, est Experiment station, U. S. forest I ------------------------------------------------------- members was directed to the very grouted in during the week. service, ran the last mile of timber! real possibility that the government may construct a dry dock where the The third step cofferdam in one j cruise in Baker county, northeastern | present locks now stand. The cost bay was finally completed and; Oregon. The forest survey author of improvements would be low and pumping begun, but after the water | ized by act of congress in 1928 be the government would have a cen reached minus two feet the level came a major project of the experi trally located dock for the second remained stationary, due to leakage. ment station in this region in 1930 district. The Port committee of the It is planned to go after thp leaks and has since been steadily advanced B y Seymour Funnibiziness chamber was instructed to contact rather than replace the cofferdam. under direction of H. J. Andrews, (Political Writer for the Dam Chronicle) the government engineers and ad- The water must be pumped out to chief of the section. The cruising ! vise state and national legislators of the present top of the ogee sections, and mapping of Washington forests Next Monday’s city council meet ance of the bonds authorized by the findings. which sand at minus eight feet and was finished a year ago, leaving the ing will find all the newly-elected PWA, but the water system was in Should such a project be approved which will be poured to plus 24 feet. northeast corner of Oregon to be officials in their seats—but there will stalled and service begun before the it would mean that Cascade Locks About 3500 cubic yards will be re completed in 1936. Technically trained timber esti be only one new face at the table, state supreme court finally decided would be assured of a reasonably quired in each bay. large payroll. mators and mappers have now re that of G. N. Hesgard, Cascade the case in favor of the city. The council also waged a long The citizens of this area are asked turned to Portland from the Blue Locks contractor, who takes the E X - S U P E R I N T E N D E N T D IE S struggle with Schnitzer & Wolf, by the chamber to suggest slogans chair vacated by Julius Carlson. mountains of Oregon with word that Valentine W. Tomkins, 72. who Old-timers who return are Mayor owners of the old mill site where the was for 27 years superintendent of all field work of the survey has been G. E. Manchester, City Recorder W. perennially burning sawdust pile to be used in connection with Cas cade Locks. The committee appoint the locks and canal at Cascade accomplished. J. Carlson, City Treasurer Mrs. Vera caused some damage this summer, ed by the president, Ira Owens, was Locks, died Tuesday night at Ash Sprague, and Councilmen Max Mill- to get them to pay for the fire’s ex Oscar Hyde, A1 Meyers and Mrs. W O M A N ’S CLUB MEETS land after an illness of many sap, Silver Perras, Carl Epping, tinction. The struggle has not yet Juanita Lewallen, chairman. Such The Bonneville Woman's club will William Clark and James Merrill. months. been technically concluded. slogans as “ Cascade Locks, on Cas Mr. Tomkins was in government hold its first meeting of the new The past year has been an ex A thorn in the city’s flesh was the cade Lake” ; "Cascade Locks, Center service as a civilian employe of the year on Thursday, January 14, at tremely hectic one for the council- mess created by the sale o f a city of the Columbia Gorge ”, and several war department for 45 years prior two o’clock in the auditorium. Mrs. men and other city officers. Follow street right-of-way by one private others were mentioned at the meet Raye Lee Harman of Portland will ing approval by the PWA of bonds party to another. Although the right- to his retirement two years ago. ing. Funeral services are set for 10:30 be the speaker and her subject, and grant for the $56,000 water sys of-way is wooded and steep, un A.M. Friday from Trinity chapel in “ Numerology,” is expected to be tem (which cost, complete, better suited for use as a thoroughfare, the P .T .A . C H A N G E S P A R T Y D A T E Portland. Mr. Tomkins was past very interesting. than $60,000) members of the coun law had to be satisfied. So the coun master of Bridal Veil Masonic lodge. The interior decorating class spon cil started recall proceedings against i cil asked the seller to give the city The Bonneville P.T.A. card party Masonic graveside services are sored by the club met Thursday; Mayor Charles Nelson because of his a deed to a private street he owned which was scheduled for January 8 morning at 9:30 A M. in the auditor refusal to sign warrants drawn in return for the city’s vacating the has been postponed one week due to planned. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. ium and will continue its weekly against the water system construc street he had sold, obtaining deeds bad weather conditions. It will be Ouida B. Tomkins, and three daugh classes at that time. Miss Johnson tion fund. The mayor’s friends like from- adjoining property owners and held on Friday, January 15. ters, Miss Alice E. Tomkins and instructor for the class, is well wise circulated recall petitions turning the deeds over to the buyer. Mrs. Kenneth Stone Hall of Portland versed in her subject and has proved against Councilmen Millsap and Epp Johnnie Baker, who built his home The present council starts the year and Mrs. J. O. Emmons, Corvallis; herself to be not only instructive, ing. The councilmen won out by a with a nearly-clean slate of busi in lAkeview addition, has been one son, Paul B. Tomkins of Port but very interesting. She gives prac not too large majority at the spe ness, but chances are ten to one that transferred to another job. Mrs land. and a sister, Miss Eileen M. j tical instruction as well as the his cial election. an equal number of problems will Baker is visiting with her sister in Tomkins in Middlesex, England. Mr. torical background. All women of The city was also defendant in an pop up before the year has run its Gresham until her husband gets set Tomkins was born in Cork, Ireland. th--* dam area are welcome. injunction suit to prevent their issu course. tled in California. Dave Marvin Resigns, Takes U.P. Post Markham Asks 7 Million More For Bonneville Locks Chamber To Investigate Drydock Talk ‘N ew ’ Councilmen to Take Seats at Meeting Monday ; ■u