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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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with thd cooperation of Mr. Larse,
There will also be a free public
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AG AIN ST SHORT W E IG H T
camp superintendent.
program
at the Zigzag camp on the
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In addition to inspecting the camp,
Owing to numerous complaints of
Mount
Hood
loop highway the same
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9
residents of the area are asked to short weight packaged goods, be
day. Letters are being mailed to all
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accompany members of the S. C. S- ing sold throughout the state, the
business men from Gresham and
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crewr to the work projects where they division of weights and measures
Government
camp to attend, and par
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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,
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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