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About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1937)
T H K IJ O X N E V I L L E FOI K THE BONNEVILLE DAM CHRONICLE Russia is useful, if only to remind us that the under-dog keeps on being a dog even after he gets on top. HOOD RIVER, OREGON This day and time when a mar. drives a car carefully he is usually Offici#»! paper of city of Cascade getting paid for it. Locks, Oregon. Hardy Breed Official publication for American Some folks don’t like editors, that Legion post No. 88, Bonneville, Ore. is the real ones who talk right out SUBSCRIPTION RATES in meetin’ and who call a spade a Three months ............................. $0.50 spade, or a dirty crook anything but Six months .................................. $1.00 an angel. Here is what Clint Haight One year ...................................... $2.00 over at Canyon City said the other day about ’em: “We are built for Entered as second class matter at heat. We find that we function very the postoffice at Hood River, Ore nicely down to ten below zero. From gon, under the Act of Congress of then on down we sort of “icicilize,” March 3, 1879. that is, we congeal and pass off into a coma of frigidity. But as editor, JOHN H. TRA V IS..*............... Editor t.f course, we get hell enough to HUGH A. SCOTT..Associate Editor thaw us out.”—Bend Free Press. Published every Friday in the interests of the Bonneville Dam area * * \V V W W * % W W W * * V W W W W W 1 by the Sun Publishing Company, Inc. “ H ERE” ? Do ycu remember the old church hymn which contains the line, “When the Roll Is Called Up Yon der. I ll Be There” ? This editorial does not deal with a heavenly roll-call, but with the roll- call of Columbia gorge cities which is even now being made by some private firms, and which will be r< - pealed with increasing frequency within the next three or four years. These firms, ami in many cases individuals, are attracted by the pos sibilities of the gorge area, whether industrially, resldentially or recrca- tionalJv, and they are unobtrusively casting about for the best place to locate. When they arc ready to ’oeate, will our house bo in order? Will they find Cascade Locks a city of vision, with well-planned interconnecting streets, conveniently laid out plats, up-to-date zoning reg ulations and easily accessible sources of information? This city is expecting big things, but the big things will never come unless we are ready for them. A plan for orderly city development, per mitting unlimited enlargement from the present humble beginnings, is imperative. Even though the devel opment should never come, a well- laid plan together with delegation of authority for carrying it out is cheaply obtained. Such a plan will be about the best insurance the city can have against being on the A.W.O.L. list when the roll is called. And the order to fall in has al ready been given. For our bit of philosophy, let's choose the truism that we take the good things of life too much for granted. There doesn't seem to be much else to do about them except to accept and enjoy them with grate ful hearts, as long as they keep coming. But when the fountain be gins to run low—that's different, isn’t it? When news pours in of movie stars, radio announcers, teachers, preachers, as well as the run of ordinary folks falling prey to flu, when Jack Frost plays a de scending scale on our thermometers, when grain prices make live stock an extravagance, when we read of cherished, if humble, homes and be longings being tossed on flood wat ers, then we become less prone to take good health, good weather, good times, ns matters of course. But as these gifts take on a gleam of value, aren't we apt to become smug and self-congratulatory, if wo possess them or resentful, if for the time tieing. we have lost them? It is only when we are completely surrounded with blessings that we forget them Meetings Cascade Locks Chamber of Com merce — Merrill’s dining room, Tuesdays, noon. Bonneville Parent-Teachers Associa tion — First Wednesday every month, study club at 1:30, regular meeting at 2:30 in Bonneville grade school auditorium. Bridal Veil Lodge, No. 117, A.F. and A.M. — School house, Latourelle falls, second Saturday in each month. Visiting Masons welcome. Cascade Yacht Club—Model room of new administration building, Fri days, 8 P.M. Cascade Locks City Council—Council chambers, Mondays, at 8 P.M. Cascade Locks Boy Scouts — High school, Tuesdays, 8 P.M. Bonneville Boy Scouts—Grade school auditorium, Tuesdays, 7 P.M. Cascade Locks Townsend Club—Odd Fellows hall, first and third Fri days, 8 P.M. Rebekahs—Cascadia lodge, Cascade Locks, first and third Wednesdays of each month, Odd Fellows hall, 8 P.M. Dam site post, Veterans of Foreign Wars — First and Third Mondays, meeting room of administration building, 8 P.M. MEAT, DAIRY PRODUCTS HAVE BRIGHT OUTLOOK The market outlook is somewhat more favorable for meat and dairy products in 1937 than for crop prod ucts for cash sales, according to an agricultural outlook report just re leased by the OSC extension service. Owing to the drought and high prices for foods, livestock marketings have been heavy during recent months, but the total supply of meat will be smaller during 1937. “The reduction will be most pro nounced in pork and the better grades of beef. As consumer pur chasing power is expected to be stronger in 1937, the general level of livestock and meat prices is expected to be higher than 1936 and higher than for several years,” the report sets out. Mrs. Paget Speaks Mrs. Lowell Paget, president of the state League of Women Voters, was the principal speaker at a well- attended meeting of the local county leagues at Library hall Tuesday, January 19. She spoke on the league and the legislature. Mrs. Mounoe of the state planning board talked on the purpose and ac complishments of the board. Two of the subjects which will be studied by study groups of the or ganization are state planning, and foods, drugs and cosmetics. Breathing through the mouth is Has Thought for Birds said to be harmful, but not nearly Bob Andrews, Mosier meat market so much as talking through it. proprietor, not only has a big heart but a good head as well. Andrews I have known a vast quantity of has noticed a lot of small birds nonsense talked about bad men not which are having difficulty finding looking you in the face. Don't trust enough to eat. So he sent in a want- that idea. Dishonesty will stare hon ad to the Sun saying he will give esty out of countenance my day tn free cracklings to the birds. Mosier- the week, if there is anything to be ites are urged to pay Andrews a got by it.—Charles Dickens. visit and do the birds a good turn. DA M O H R O M C L E JO E ’S C R E E D 1 would live this life so well Strangers of me praise might tell. Somehow l would like to be Cherished here in memory. Not as one whose skill was great: Not as one who conquered fate; Not as one who rose to fame. Leaving a remembered name. But as one who served some need With a timely, kindly deed. Say of me I loved this earth. Suffered sorrow, relished mirth: Bravely tried to live and found Friendships half the world around; Say 1 did my best to share Burdens others had to bear; Seldom stayed to count the cost Lest the chance to help be lost. If of me this can be said. Sweet my sleep when I am dead. — A . C. F . purpose now. The state is held pretty well branch-banked as it is. • * * THIS WEEK Aside from the law-grinding, State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman issued a statement objecting to a one-man government in Oregon. He opposes By the Oregon News Bureau a plan said to be in favor with Gov ernor Martin that would make the Weather and lawmakers occupied governor the only elective officer in the attention of Oregon people dur the state. ing the last week over all other • • • news. A bill to limit salaries in higher Continued cold and an epidemic of education and eliminate the offices influenza relegated even strike news now held by W. J. Kerr, those of to secondary importance, with an es chancellor emeritus and director of timated 20,000 people in the state suf production and marketing research, fering with severe colds, flu or pneu has been proposed by Representative monia, according to medical author Führer of Marion county. ities. An emergency hospital was es tablished at the Bonneville dam by the National Hospital association to ROUND-UP DATES SET care for sick workmen there. All The Pendleton Roundup associa hospitals of the state were taxed for tion has set the dates for the 1937 bed space. Many schools were closed show as September 16, 17 and 18. or running with depleted staffs. This puts the roundup a week later In the legislature the outstanding than the state fair at Salem and event was the reported error in the eliminates the conflict of last year. budget as submitted to Governor The arrangement will prove popular Charles H. Martin. Instead of a with many who like to put in full surplus of approximately $200,000, it time at both big shows. was found that Oregon has a deficit of more than $500,000. According to the Electrical World, The mistake was made in entering the American people spent $245,000,- almost $1,000,000 in the budget which 000 more in 1936 for appliances with the state did not have, C. C. Chap which to use electricity than they did man, editor of the Oregon Voter, for electricity itself. Purchases in pointed out. cluded 2,080,227 electric refrigerators Budget Director Wharton blamed and 6,900,000 radio sets. the tax commission. He promised that the budget would be balanced. • • • in Oregon Opposing factors in the fight against the Oregon Milk Control board wound up the week with a hearing in Salem. The senate ag ricultural committee heard attacks j based on the recent increase in th e1 price of milk, led by Senator D ell- j more Lessard. Proponents of the repeal bill as-1 sorted th at: Consumer prices are out of pro- i portion; That the producer was not receiv-! ing as much as he was before: . That there is a spread of 7 cents between producer and consumer; That the price of cream has ■ jumped from 55 cents to 67 cents a pound and that the five cent cup of coffee in restaurants is threatened. Defenders rallied with a statement j that before the milk control was e s -! tnblished the situation was in chaos. I Ray Gill, master of the state ' Grange, said the majority of the ' Grange dairymen favored the pres ent act. Farmers at the hearing cheered ! the milk control law. • • • Few important measures were dropped in the hoppers during th e! week. Aid for Bandon was referred 1 A dance frock made of many lay back to committee because of al ers of gray silk net. The short cape leged ambiguity. The branch bank is trimmed with a full ruching of the same fabric as the dress and bill is still in committee with many cape. expressions that it will have little '■ F R I ITA Y, J A N U A R Y 20, 1937 Odd Shots By H . A . S. Somebody admitted the other day, with a rather guilty smirk, that they read Odd Shots every once in a while. That substantiates our claim, made in a rash moment several months ago, that this column has two readers. • • « Folks, you don’t realize what a hard time we have trying to be funny. Many will be quick to point out that it’s not only hard—it’s im possible. • • • The papers report an extortionist explained his action by saying, “I heard that people were getting money writing letters like that so I thought I would try my hand.” He must have been thinking of dun let ters. • • • We received a Chilean newspaper in the mail this morning, sent by an old school friend. Chile’s a good place for him—he used to conduct a scandal column in the campus daily, » # * The Oregon weather man is always rubbing it into our eastern neigh bors. They have drought—we have plenty of moisture. Now they have floods, and the dear old Columbia is at its lowest January ebb in history, • • • Who says the good old American stock is dying out? Why, just last week the Republicans and Demo, crats had another scrap in congress over the tariff. • • • 1937 is a month old already, and we haven’t yet connected all the new radiator grilles with the old famil iar names. • • # A friend of ours the other day pointed at a ragged old gentleman walking up the street with a loaf of bread under his arm. “Look at that poor old guy,” said the friend. “Taking home a loaf of bread, and I ’ll bet he hasn’t a drink in the house!” • * • “State’s Budget is $1,000,000 Shy,” says headline. That’s pretty shy, but a correspondence course in public speaking should do wonders. • • • Meanest man in the world: The only time he ever sent flowers to his wife was when she died. * * * Now that the longshoremen have set a new record for length of strike, why don’t they go back to work? • * * Most outspoken man we know of is the congressman who remarked, when one of his colleagues said he would rather be right than Presi dent, “My dear sir, there is little danger of your being either.” * * * Even though Boreas is still whoop ing and hollering, people are begin ning to keep their eyes open for robins and baseball holdouts. BROADCAST SCHEDULED UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Jan 26—Radio listeners of the nation will have an opportunity to hear the Uni versity symphony orchestra with Hal Young, professor of voice, and Doro thy Louise Johnson, student violin ist, when they broadcast over an NBC hook-up from 6 to 6:30 P.M. January 27. The program will be sent from Eugene to Portland by pri vate wire and from there over the coast to coast network. There are 12,657 miles of electrical transmission lines in the Pacific Northwest states. NOTICE OF WARRANT CALL Notice is hereby given that there are now funds on hand to pay war rants Nos. 175 to 209 inclusive dated October 1, 1936 to November 12, 1936. VERA A. SPRAGUE, Treasurer of the City of Cascade Locks.
