The Bonneville Dam chronicle., March 05, 1937, Image 1

THE
D elivered b y M a il
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VOL. I ll, NO. 48
BONNEVILLE
DAM
CHRONICLE
B O N N EV IL L E
c a s c a m i : l o c k s
HOOD R IV E R
""Libfter Tar/
Sharper than a serpent’s
tooth it is to have a thank­
less child.
—Shakespeare.
FR ID A Y , MARCH 5, 19S7
B l’SY ON G A TES
Up until T hu rsd ay, th e A m erican
bridge com pany had com pleted or
begun seven g ate sections for th e
m ain spillw ay dam , the equ iv alent
of th ree and one-half gates.
A nother large chunk of steel will
be on han d w hen th e No. 2 turbine
C ascade L ocks’ grade school’s b as­ unit gets here. I t is due to be Since drilling and blastin g op era­
A bill w hich will authorize com ­
ketball team will trav el to T he shipped from th e factory today. In ­ tions
com m enced ag ain on the
plete
developm ent of the Colum bia
D alles F rid ay and S atu rd ay to play stallation will begin about M arch 15- Tooth have
Rock Colum bia R iver highw ay
and
Snake
rivers from Bonneville
fo r the d istrict grade school cham ­
tunnel, under con tract to Orino-
dam
east,
covering the territo ry
pionship a g a in st team s from The
B irkem eier-S arem al com pany, ex ca­
served
by
the
second Portland engi­
D alles, K lickitat, W asco, W hite
vation on the east end has been
neer
district,
w
as introduced in con­
Salm on, St. M ary’s school (The
pushed 38 feet ahead of concrete lin­
gress
T
uesday
by Senators Steiw er
D alles), Hood R iver and R ufus.
ing, and 122 feet ahead of concrete
and
M
cN
ary
of
Oregon and Pope of
T he Locks o u tfit is the second
on th e w est end, leav in g only 212
Idaho.
stro n g est in Hood R iver county, h a v ­
feet out of 827 yet to bore.
ing lost only to Hood R iver.
I he bill would authorize the secre­
W ork h as been started on the
1>R. STA N LEY W E L L S
T he schedule for the to urnam ent
tary
of w ar to continue present in­
pylon light on the w est portal.
fo llo w s:
vestigations
of the Colum bia and
F riday, 3 P.M ., T he D alles vs. To build up the ath letic fund of So far there is 48 feet of concrete
Snake
rivers
to
determ ine both m eth-
the B onneville school, th e V eteran s lining in the w est end of th e tunnel Dr. Stanley Wells
K lickitat.
,,ds
of
obtaining
these im provem ents,
of F oreign W ars of Bonneville have and 122 feet of tim bering alone, to-
4 P.M ., St. M ary’s vs. W asco.
"giving
due
consideration
to possi­
7:30 P.M., W hite Salm on vs. Rufus. scheduled a dance S atu rd ay, M arch I taling 170 feet: 407 feet of concrete Moves to Area
bilities
of
futu
re
developm
ent
of hy­
8:30 P.M ., Hood R iver vs. C ascade 20, a t the civic auditorium in B onne­ lining in the e a st end, and 38 feet Of in terest to their m any friends droelectric pow er.” Location and
ville.
I p artly tim bered, totaling 445 feet.
Loks.
heights of all dam s would be fixed
S atu rd ay, 2 P M., F rid ay afternoon Chuck M cD evitt’s o rch estra from T he to tal length of tunnel d rifted is in the area is the announcem ent th a t by the sec rta ry on recom m endation
P ortland h as been engaged to play. 615 feet.
w inners.
Dr. and M rs. Stanley W ells have de­ of the chief of arm y engineers and
R eports from P ortland list M cD ev­
3 P.M ., F rid a y evening w inners.
cided
to locate perm anen tly in this provisions would be m ade for future
7:30 P.M., S atu rd ay aftern oo n los­ itt’s as a topnotch band.
ent of hydroelectric pow er
locality.
A fter extensive trav els over developm
Bud H aw kins, one of th e V ets, is
ers.
at
such
dam
s as the secretary m ay
w estern U nited S tates, th e W ellses determ ine suitable.
8:30 P.M., S a tu rd a y aftern oo n w in­ chairm an for the affair. T ick ets are
reasonably priced, and th e V ets are
ners.
chose Hood R iver for th e ir perm a­ The secretary of w ar is authorized
T he gam es, incidentally, will give hoping fo r a stron g tu rn o u t to aid
n en t hom e. Dr. W ells h as taken to expend not m ore than $15,000,000
C ascade Locks a change to revenge the school fund.
office space w ith Dr. C. W . McCain annually
for barge developm ent, con­
tw o defeats a t the han ds of Hood
in the B u tler bank building and is trol of floods, delivery of w ater for
going in to general practice.
R iver, 11 to 8 and 15 to 13. Coach
reclam ation and o th er beneficial
W . Iven E m bree will accom pany the
Dr.
W
ells
will
be
rem
em
bered
as
I
T his phase of the bill is
Rapid progress is reported on the th e first m edical officer of U SE d J uses.
players.
roughly
w ith the req u es.
P ark er-S ch ram co n tract, w hich is to He first cam e on the job in October, I of Hood in R accord
T h u rsd ay evening, M arch 11, at
iver,
W
Sherm an,
be com pleted in less th an six w eeks, 1933. In F eb ru ary , 1936, he resigned: Gilliam , S kam ania asco,
7:30 o’clock, C ascade Locks grade
and
for rem oval of tem p o rary wooden to tak e a position w ith the Public counties read by W. S. N elson K lickitat
school will play its la st gam e of the
of The
gates a t the e a st end of th e n av ig a­ H ealth service a t the federal ho s­ D alles a t th e h earin g conducted
season here a g a in st W hite Salm on,
in
tion locks, filling the slot w ith con­ pital in Springfield, Mo. Mrs. W ells Lew iston by Colonel T hom as M.
w hich alread y holds a 16 to 12 de­
cision over th e Locks. P roceeds will In conference w ith G eneral M ark­ crete, and erection of a steel truss rep o rts th a t w ith the tem p eratu re at Robins, division engineer- T he re ­
go tow ard the school radio.
ham , chief of th e arm y engineers, cofferdam across th e end of the lock 115 to 120 degrees in one’s kitchen quest asked for "a n n u al continuing
T he local boys’ record for th e sea­ M onday P resident R oosevelt said he to elevation plus 60 feet.
du ring th e sum m er m onths, th e appropriations sufficien t to place all
son follow s:
w as en th u siastically in fav o r of the T he purpose of the cofferdam Is N o rthw est called them back.
units of the proposed project under
Opp. arm y engineers op eratin g the B onne­ to preven t flow of w ater through the F o r the presen t th e W ellses are construction w ithin five y e a rs.”
ide Locks
20.
. . . . 7 ville dam , w ith a C olum bia riv e r ad ­ lock cham ber d u rin g the sum m er living a t the C olum bia G orge hotel. N elson’s request also urged th a t all
14.
... .11 m in istrato r actin g as sales ag en t for flood, and to p erm it the assem bly ot
existing surveys and pro jects be
8.
....1 1 power, according to d ispatch es from th e m ain lock g ates. The concrete
m erged into one plan o f developm ent
12.
....1 6 W ashington.
p lan t has been assem bled, gravel u n ­
by
a series of dam s up th e Colum bia
13.
....1 5
In a m em orandum p repared by th e loaded and som e form s built.
and
Snake.
20.
.... 2 presid en t’s pow er policy board, th e F o r the first tim e since dam con­
A
dequate
facilities for p assag e of
recom m endation w as m ade th a t th e
started an u n d erw ater pour
| fish are to be installed a t all dam s.
87
62 ad m in istrato r operate the dam and struction
will be m ade in th e carry in g out of
C onstruction w ork on any p a rt of
handle everything except th e ship P ark er-S ch ram ’s con tract. T his can
the
project m ay be u n d ertak en as
lock.
be done by pouring through a pipe,
soon as the c h aracter of w ork for
G eneral M arkham explained to the and keeping the low er end of the
president th e im portance of th e en ­ pipe a t the center of the concrete O perating un d er a change order, th at p art of the project has been d e­
gineers being co n stan tly on th e job m ass. In this w ay only the outer w orkm en fo r G eneral-S hea com pany term ined, w ithout aw aitin g com ple­
tion of studies for th e entire project.
at th e dam and subm itted a d ra ft of su rface of the m ass ever com es in are dum ping 5000 cubic yards of rip ­ The
of the proposed leg isla­
the first tw o sections of th e m easure co n tact w ith the w ater.
rap into th e old tem p orary n av ig a­ tion is intent,
authorization
of g radu al d e­
for B onneville legislation. T hese
tion channel above the locks here to velopm ent of the Colum
and
sharply defined th e responsibilities
forestall landslips into the channel. Snake for navigation, flood bia control
’ CAGE D ISA PPE A R S
P a rtial opening of th e n o rth cof­ and duties of the arm y eng in eers A BIRD
he m ove is described purely a s a and reclam ation, w ith future devel­
bird cage w as tak en from the p T recautio
ferdam to perm it flooding of the u p ­ and the adm inistrato r.
nary one.
C
ascade
Locks
high
school
w
ithin
stream a re a adjoining th e m ain spill­ P resident R oosevelt concurred im ­ the .last tw o w eeks. No trace can be D riving of piling for th e founda­ opm ent of power.
w ay dam a t B onneville w as sched­ m ediately. and, as M arkham re ­ found of it. P erhaps som eone th a t tion of additional u p stream guide E xisting projects for im proving the
uled late y esterd ay or today, acco rd­ ported later, "w as e n th u siastic” for reads
er from Bonneville to L ew iston
th is piece will be able to shed w all piers will not be com m enced riv
ing to the U nited S tates engineers. th is prog ram for B onneville.
are
m odified to provide a channel
until the riprap toe is com pleted.
suitable for barge navigation w ith a
Clean-up crew s hav e com pleted F o r im proving n av ig atio n, co n tro l­ som e light on its w hereabouts.
their work around the foundation of ling flood w aters, prom oting th e n a ­ Tne cage is the property of one of G eneral-S hea’s ch ief concern la te ­ m inim um depth of nine feet. Above
the dam , so everything is in read i­ tional defense and fo r o th er p u r­ the teach ers in the high school who ly has been th e pour on the floor L ew iston the channel shall be of
ness to bring th e w a te r in. A bout poses, the dam , locks, pow er p lan t had brou gh t it out from P ortland slab pow erhouse, w hich w as com ­ such m inim um depth as surveys m ay
two days will be required fo r flood­ and a p p u rten an t w orks now un d er and left it w ith its stand in th e high pleted last T hursday. T he slab, three show practicable.
construction, shall be com pleted, school. T he cage w as to have been feet thick and heavily reinforced, T he C olum bia-Snake w aterw ay will
ing.
Soon a fte r the flooding th e up­ m ain tain ed and operated by th e en ­ put into use in h er room as soon as covers about half the m ain floor of serve eastern W ashington, m uch of
stream je tty w ill be rem oved and gineers. F u rth erm o re, th e engineers the young can a ry which she had the pow erhouse.
eastern Oregon, n o rth ern Idaho and
w estern M ontana, heavy grain , fru it
m aterial in it used fo r backfill be­ shall provide, construct, op erate and pu rchased from M rs. Erw in B rolliar
and lum ber producing regions.
hind the no rth abutm ent. W orkm en m ain tain and im prove such facilities w as old enough to stand the rigors | RESERVATIONS TA K E N
will s ta rt pulling up steel sh eet pil­ as are n ecessary to develop saleable of school life.
FOR DALLES M E E TIN G R ep resen tative M ott, republican,
ing p rep arato ry to rem oving th e cof­ pow er a s rapid ly as m ark ets are
Oregon, introduced a bill providing
a p relim inary flood control ex ­
ferdam in about a week.
found by th e ad m in istrato r.
R eservations will be n ecessary fori for
am ination of the N estu cca riv er in
E ngineers will deliver pow er to the
Through
the
Area
the
m
eeting
of
the
w
aterg
rad
e
h
ig
h
-|
W O M EN’S CLUB TO M EET
ad m in istrato r a t th e sw itchboard to
w ay com m ittee in T he D alles n ex t; Oregon.
The reg u lar m eeting of th e B onne­ be
J.
H.
T
.
installed n e a r th e pow er plant.
W
ednesday, M arch 10, it w as learned
ville W om en’s C om m unity club will Such is th e sphere o f th e arm y
yesterday.
P ersons from the dam
be held n ex t T h u rsd ay a t th e B onne­ engineers.
Schoolboys on patrol at Cascade
a who desire to go should com ­ New Wild Life
ville civic auditorium a t 2 P.M . T he T he ad m in istrato r is th e selling Locks school . . . w ith th eir bright a m re unicate
w ith Bill K eeler of C ascade Estimates Made
interior deco ratin g class th is w eek and d istrib u tin g ag en t fo r pow er new w hite belts . . . One third of the Locks, chairm
an ot the com m ittee.
w as held a t noon T hu rsd ay because gen erated by the engineers. T he a d ­ folks a t C onchas dam are from Bon­
the in stru cto r, M iss Johnson, m issed m in istrato r handles tran sm issio n neville, ’tis said . . . The W PA in­ R ep resen tatives from P ortlan d, W ild life population on the 13
routdale, C ascade Locks, Hood m illion acres of n atio n al fo rests in
the first bus.
and all pow er problem s except gen­ terio r deco ratin g in stru cto r m issed T River,
M osier, T he D alles and points O regon is for the m ost p art holding
eration.
H
e
also
sug
gests
ra
te
s
to
be
h
er
bu
3 in P ortlan d ’to th er m orning,
SM O KER DRAW S W E L L
east
will
d the dinner and m eet­ its ow n or increasing, according to
ed by th e federal pow er com ­ for som e reason th a t w asn ’t ex­ ing, which atten
G ross profits of $45.25 w ere real­ m affirm
will be held in T he D alles 1936 estim ates announced by th e U.
ission.
plained
to
us
.
.
.
W
hite
shoes
a
t
the
ized by the B onneville - C ascade T his w orking arran g em en t ap p ears Bonny V illa tav ern . . . but the boys hotel a t 7:30 P M
S. fo rest service this w eek.
Locks aerie of E agles from th eir satisfacto ry not only to G eneral have been w earin g them all w inter
F o rest ran g ers have estim ated a
sm oker held a w eek ago T hu rsd ay M arkham and th e president, b u t to . . . T ed Johnson looking for a stove
STEV EN SO N B EA TEN
population of 15,000 elk, 900 antelope.
night, w hen 181 persons paid to see S enator M cN ary, w ho w ill soon b e ­ . . . guess he doesn’t know sprin g is Stevenson high school took a 26-14 76,000 m ule deer, 40,000 black tail
som e of the w ell-know n local fig h t­ gin
d raftin g th e legislation w ith S en­ here . . . "C happy” C hapm an in only beating from W hite S alm on’s b a s­ deer, 200 w h ite tail deer, 5,500 black
ers m ix it.
ato rs Steiw er, Bone and Schw ellen- an "a m ach u re” a t poker, m ebbe . . . ketball team W ednesday n ig h t in bear, and about 50 big horn sheep on
bach.
M ore and m ore residen ts tak in g a d ­ Stevenson, w hen the tw o qu in ts m et the natio nal forests o f th e sta te .
G ETS N EW FU R N A C E
van tag e of th e C hronicle ads and for the right to represen t th e ir d is­ Coyotes are reported in creasing and
C ascade Locks high school w as
buying in Hood R iver . . . in cid ental­ trict in the C lass B to u rn am en t a t o th er p red ato ry anim als, including
SEA SCOUTS O R G A N IZE
closed T h u rsd ay and F rid ay last
tonight and tom orrow . T he cougar, wild c a ts and tim b er w olves,
week and M onday th is w eek due to P rospective Sea Scouts of th e dam ly visiting the C hronicle office . . . w Longview'
inner
a
t
Longview will go to S eat­ a re also believed to be slightly on
a
re
a
will
m
eet
a
t
S
tevenson,
at
the
b u rst pipes in the steam heatin g
tle
to
m
eet
th ree o th er sta te team s the in crease. A m ong th e fu r bearers
G
ran
t
Cavis,
form
er
dam
w
orker,
plant, w hich led to in stallatio n of a Scout hut, nex t T uesd ay a t 7 :30 P.M .
for
th
e
sta
te
Cl« - » title. All team estim ated a re m ore th an 1,500 foxes,
left
T
uesday
nigh
t
for
P
rairie
City,
for
an
organization
m
eeting.
All
boys
new fu rn ace and p a rts of th e h e a t­
expenses
will
be p
I,>ongview.
(C ontinued on P ag e Sixteen)
Or.,
to
w
ork
on
a
project
there.
in
terested
should
attend-
ing system .
Locks Grade
Team Will
Enter Meet
Tooth Rock
Tunnel Has 212
Feet to Go
Senators' Bill
Asks River
Development
Vets Plan
Dance to Aid
School Fund
Roosevelt
Favors USED
Dam Control
Cofferdam
Opening Is
Slated Today
Parker-Schram
To Make Pour
Under Water
General-Shea
Dumps Rock
To Stop Slip