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About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (March 26, 1937)
V > V ‘ ic Library THE Delivered by Mail Every Friday VOL. THREE, NO . F IF T Y -O N E Commission Hears Water Grade Pleas The state highway commission is much interested in the cross-section proposed by the Mid-Columbia cham ber of commerce’s water-grade high way committee, according to William Keeler, committee chairman, follow ing Monday's hearing in Portland. The Mid-Columbia chamber’s cross- section calls for a four-lane highway with center curbing and lighting fix tures, not provided in original plans. These new features will be seriously considered by the commission in blue printing the highway specifications. The commission pointed out to those at the meeting that the total cost of construction from Portland to The Dalles will be $12,000,000, and that with present capacity to pay will probably require about 15 years to build. The section from Troutdale to Cas cade Locks will be the first on the docket, with the short stretch at Eagle creek already nearing com pletion. Action on the right-of-way below Bonneville will have to wait until dredging of the Columbia is be gun under the United States engi neers, since detritus from the dredg ing will be used to build to road bed. R. H. Baldock, chief highway en gineer, remarked that a highway such as the committee proposes will be one of the finest, if not the finest in the world. He said the people of the gorge can be of greatest help by asking the war deparment to dump waste from the river bottom along the desired route without charge, since the waste will have to be disposed of in some manner any way. Among those present at the meet ing were Keeler, G. N. Hesgard, G. E. Manchester and W. J. Carlson of Cascade Locks, Minor Corman and Decatur Baldwin of Hood River, and Henry Cabell, chairman of the high way commission, Baldock, Hamilton E. Corbett, president of the Port land chamber, and Walter W. R. May, manager of the chamber. Rebekah Meet Draws Nearly ?00 By Clara Nix The twenty-ninth annual conven tion of district 18 of the Rebekah lodge was held at Bonneville last Friday with Cascadia lodge as host ess. The delegates -were in attendance from The Dalles, Maupin, Tygh Val ley, Dufur, Mosier, Parkdale, Odell and Hood River. Mrs. Hallie Ingle, secretary of the Rebekah assembly of Oregon, Miss Dora Sexton of The Dalles, past pres ident of the Rebekah assembly, Frank M. Sexton, Grand Representa tive of The Dalles and Earl Shank of Hood River, Grand Representa tive were present and gave short ad dresses. There were about 300 in attendance at the convention. POSTMASTERS MEET Postmasters from Hood River, Multnomah and Clackamas counties met at Bonneville Saturday for their bi-monthly meeting. An inspection of the dam under the supervision of the United States guards, and a din ner at the Roosevelt inn were fea tures of the day. Mrs. Blanch North, Bonneville postmaster, headed the host group. About 45 persons attended. The next meeting, in Portland, will be the occasion for election of offic ers. NEW R O O K S C O M IN G A shipment of books new to the Bonneville library is expected Fri day. BONNEVILLE DA CHRONICL HOOD R IV ER H A N D B A LLE R S F A C E F IR E -E A T E R S A G A IN Bonneville's sparkling .handball stars played a return match in Port land with representatives of the Port land fire department in an effort to break a 2 to 2 game tie which re sulted from their first encounter last week. Results of the match had not reached the Chronicle last night. Representing Bonneville were three two-man teams composed of Ancley and Badurina, Clare and Mylne, and Hering and Neiss. This match could not end in a tie, as three instead of four series of games were played. In the first match Bonneville won six games to the firemen’s five and scored 203 points to 187 for the Port landers. Extensions Cover Tooth Rock Project CASCADE LOCKS Torpen Is Mentioned as Administrator Assuming that President Roose velt’s suggestion for a Columbia riv er administrator to sell Bonneville dam power will be adopted by con gress, names are being submitted and the department of interior is making inquiries as to eligible material. Howard Latourette, democratic na tional committeeman, recommends B. E. Torpen, considered the leading hydroelectric engineer on the Pacific coast, who designed the Bonneville power house and is engineering sup ervisor of the whole project. Latour ette, in forwarding Torpen’s name and record to Senator McNary, in closes a recommendation from Otto C. Hartman, engineer in charge of constructing the spillway at Bonne ville. Torpen is consulting engineer for Seattle’s municipal power project on the Skagit river, and has had ex tensive experience w’ith power pro jects. Although signing himself as national committeeman for Oregon, Latourette is not proposing Torpen on political grounds. C. C. Hockley, engineer and ad ministrator for PWA in Oregon, is also being proposed for administra tor. One rumor current is that if Sec retary Ickes selects an administra tor the appointee will come from within his own organization. Senators McNary and Bone, who are writing the Bonneville legislation, have in their draft left authority to appoint an administrator with Ickes, but provide for confirmation by the senate, fix the term at six years and compensation at the rate of $10,000 annually. These senators hope to have the bill ready for introduction this week. Power ceases at the moment of rest. — Emerson BO N N E V IL LE F R ID A Y, M ARCH A D B U ILD IN G W IN G 1 C O N ST R U C T IO N S P E E D S Construction is speeding ahead on the new administration building wings, which will help house work ers from the second Portland district office after July. From that time on the district will be known as the Bon neville district. Sheathing for the walls is in, win dow frames installed and several courses of brick already laid. Roof construction is not so far advanced but will be a much shorter job than the walls. The wings will be of the same con struction as the .main portion of the building- whitened brick with eave- less composition shingle roofs. Shooting of Cofferdam Continues .'6, 1937 Ca V fti-C r d V U , s Free Bridge At Locks A strong plea for retention of the Bridge of the Gods, and for its ac quisition by the United States gov ernment, was made by representa tives of the Associatetd Chambers of Commerce, speaking for Cascade Locks, Bonneville, North Bonneville and Stevenson, at a meeting Tuesday night in Cascade Locks. The plea followed a request by the United States engineers for local op inion on three points: (a) Desirability of opening the riv er above Bonneville to ocean-going vessels following completion of the dam ; <b> Necessity of retaining the bridges at Cascade Locks and Hood River; (c) Proper methods for financing raising of the bridges over the ship channel. A resolution was drawn up to be presented to the engineers at a pub lic hearing today in the Portland chamber of commerce. Similar action was taken at a meeting Tuesday in Hood River, with representatives in attendance from Hood River, White Salmon, Bingen, and Underwood. William Keeler of Cascade Locks will present the resolution on be half of the associated chambers. The resolution follow s: WHEREAS the construction of the Power and Navigation dam at Bon neville will raise the inundation line to the 72-foot level; and WHEREAS this new elevation will create an adequate depth of water above Bonneville dam for ocean go ing vessels from the deep sea locks at same dam to The Dalles; und WHEREAS there is now pending in Congress a bill providing for the Im provement of the channel of the Co lumbia river from Vancouver to the deep sea locks at Bonneville, upon completion of which ocean borne (Continued on Page Sixteen) Cribs 27, 28 and 28-.*, in the up Fortified by contract extensions to stream cofferdam, nearest the center taling 116 days, Orino-Birkemeier- of the river, were shot out early this Saremal crews face a short run home week. The dredge Burrard has been on the Tooth Rock Columbia River busy most of the week digging out highway tunnel here, with but 67 debris and leveling off the bottom of feet remaining to bore out of an 827- the channel to plus 10 feet. foot total. A steel gate was dropped into bay The contract called for completion 15, forcing the entire flow of the of the tunnel earlier this month, but river level two feet above the dam. timbering activities made necessary The river is almost to the spillway by rock conditions have brought crest now and the first rise will start about the extensions. water flowing over the ogee sections Blasting operations have reached w’hich are at elevation plus 24 feet. fairly sound formation again from The General Electric company has the eastern end, after passing started work on assembly of the gi through loose and “ blocky” forma ant rotor for one of the generators. tions. Engineers, however, are keep Most of the steel parts are on hand ing their fingers crossed, for even in and the rotor is rapidly taking shape. the last 67 feet trouble might devel The rotor is composed of 12 sec op. tions fitted together with great ac The wrest portal has been completed curacy. Mr. Brabrook is erection su except for the pylon and the railing pervisor for the General Electric for the viaduct. A little “ fancy-work” B O N N E V IL L E P.-T. A. company. remains also. Government workers are also start A N N O U N C E S P A R T Y Workmen have started shaping ing assembly of turbine parts under ringstones for the east portal, and In answer to many requests, the the direction of R. K. Owen:- of S. putting up rock facing. Concreting Bonneville P -T. A. will hold anoth Morgan Smith company. within the tunnel is also scheduled General-Shea company has com er card party soon. It had been to ¿tart again as soon as boring is pleted driving of piling as a founda planned to discontinue the card par done. ties after the one held April 17. How tion for the guide wall above the ever, it proved such a success that navigatipn locks, and have most of G O LD E N D A L E C. C. C. a great many have asked that an the pier footings poured. They plan other be given. The date has not to dump considerably more rock P L A N S O P E N H O U SE been arranged but will be announced against the toe of the slide area at the upstream end of the guide wall C. C. C. company 945 at Goldendale in next week’s paper. after they get the piers poured. will sponsor an open house Saturday Two more pours remain on Parker- and Sunday, April 3 and 4, for all M RS. L E W A L L E N H A S Schram’s block which fills in the persons in the Mid-Columbia district N O LU C K R E S IG N IN G temporary ship channel through the interested in the well-being and work Marshall Dana, asociate editor of upper end of the lock. of the C. C. C. camps. the Oregon Journal, will be chief Mrs. Juanita Lewallen tried to re During the recent weeks, through speaker at the celebration of the sign from the Cascade Locks cham the cooperation of the camp officers, B O N N E V IL L E HOOP fourth birthday o f the C. C. C. at soil conservation service personnel ber of commerce Tuesday, in view T E A M REC O R D GOOD Eagle Creek camp grounds Sunday. and the Goldendale business inter of the fact that she and her husband April 4, when enrollees o f Company plan to leave this week-end for the ests, the barracks, recreation hall 4765 will show visitors the many im Bonneville school boys’ basketball and other buildings at the camp have Conchas dam in New Mexico, but provements they and their predeces the membership of the chamber team has wound up its basketball been given a thorough “ going over” season with a record of five league sors have made on the grounds. in the way of improvements, and the wouldn’t let her. The aniversary program will begin Instead, they made her a perma victories against one defeat, giving camp site is now said to present the at 11 A. M. There will be a musical nent honorary member by unani it the league championship and leav appearance of one of the most at mous vote, because of her outstand ing the school with but one defeat in number, and free coffee will be tractive in the entire district. The work has been accomplished ing labors in behalf of the chamber- major athletic contests this school served by the army to all visitors during the following lunch period. year. through the plans laid by the camp Oscar Hyde delivered the eulogy. All persons living in the gorge area Scores for the games follow: officers, headed by Lieut. E. L. Faler are invited to attend. Bonneville Opponents S T A T E B U R E A U W A R N S with thd cooperation of Mr. Larse, There will also be a free public 27...............Corbett ...............20 AG AIN ST SHORT W E IG H T camp superintendent. program at the Zigzag camp on the 23...............Wilkes ...............31 In addition to inspecting the camp, Owing to numerous complaints of Mount Hood loop highway the same 17...............Fairview ............ 9 residents of the area are asked to short weight packaged goods, be day. Letters are being mailed to all 29........ ...Corbett ............. 25 accompany members of the S. C. S- ing sold throughout the state, the business men from Gresham and 20...............Fairview ............10 crewr to the work projects where they division of weights and measures Government camp to attend, and par 23...............Troutdale .......... 7 may inspect the type of work being of the department of agriculture re ents of enrollees have been invited. carried out in the field. quests both merchants and consum-1 There will be a musical program, 139 122 The two-day open house activities ers to check their weights on receipt! will be climaxed on Monday evening, of goods, especially commodities sub-| Bonneville also split two games j and Mr. G. Orr, principal o f Sandy with pickup teams from Corbett, 26 j high school, will be the chief speaker. April 5th, with a free camp show’ at ject to shrinkage. to 11 and 16 to 20. The baseball team Refreshments will be served. the Goldendale high school audit The state law provides that a pur Special trucks will provide trans orium starting at 8 P. M. Reserva chaser is entitled to receive full is getting in shape for its schedule portation to the projects completed now. tions for a 50-cent dinner Sunday at weight or measure. A regulation by near their camp. Forest Ranger1 1 P. M. should be made by Saturday the department of agriculture pro Harold Engles will be in charge of SALTS OUT night. vides, among other things, that the arrangements. quantity of the contents marked upon X gay handfull of salts turned oui a package of food should be the for the Cascade Yacht club's second P L A Y C O M IN G CONTRACTS R E N E W E D "Mr. Bob,” Cascade Locks high amount of food in the package. annual banquet held Friday evening All teachers at Bonneville school A recent opinion of the state’s at at the Multnomah Falls inn, accord school junior class play, will be pre have been tendered renewal o f tneir sented at 8 P. M. Friday, April 2 in torney general states, in effect, that ing to Rolf Enquist. A round dozen contracts for next year by the local variations or tolerances are permiss- of the river dogs were present to except Mrs. Thelma Barnum, most the high school gym. The play, a rollicking comedy, is able only as to overweight; conse talk over old times and plans for the recently hired of the six teachers, guaranteed to furnish plenty of quently, see that you get what you club’s future, made brighter by the who was let go only because oi an pay for. approaching completion of the dam. anticipated smaller enrollment. amusement. Programs Planned for CCC Birthday