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About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (April 9, 1937)
Delivered by Mail Each Wednesday $1.50 per Year VOLUME 4, No. 1 Daylight • Shows at Tooth Rock The end of the trail is in sight for crews working on the Tooth Rock Columbia River highway tunnel. A two-foot check tunnel last week end joined the tunnel faces of the east and west shafts, revealing per fect alignment, level and distance for the 827-foot bore. Wednesday on ly 15 feet of the main tunnel remain ed to be drifted. The single rub seemed to be that the entire final 15 feet would have to be timbered, since a loose water course formation, now fortunately dry, was uncovered by the check tun nel on the river side. Concrete pouring was scheduled to be resumed Friday after several weeks’ inactivity in this line. Steel was being set Wednesday and Thurs day and other equipment being read ied. The concrete mixer will be set right in the tunnel for the final pour ing. Twenty-one sections, each 15^ feet in length, remain to be poured, the total distance being about 325 feet. The east portal will probably be completed this month. Placement of ring-stones should be finished this week-end, but the masonry wall over the top of the funnel and connect ing the portal with the state high way department’s wall will have to be done also. Other work remaining inside the tunnel includes pouring concrete for road surface, walks and curbing. Booklet’s Fate Hangs By Thread One last intensive campaign will be made to raise money necesary to publish the Mid-Columbia chamber of commerce's publicity booklet, it was decided at a committee meeting Wed nesday night in Stevenson, and if the campaign fails, the $993 now on hand will be redistributed to the contrib uting communities. A corollary decision called for raising the quotas of the commun- ities involved about 25 per cent, since the Portland chamber has def initely refused to contribute its as sessment of $1000. About $2300 will be needed to put out the book. $3000 was the original goal, and assessments totaling $3300 were levied. Several gorge commun ities outside of Portland have not yet turned in the original levy. Several delegates at the Stevenson meeting pointed out the obvious ad vantages of publishing the booklet, since the Columbia river in its pres ent state will soon no longer be visi ble to tourists, and this year’s tour ist expectancy is much greater than for many years past. The committee working on the booklet was increased from three to nine at Wednesday’s meeting. Orig inal members were Howard Bum- ham, Vancouver; Charles Boling, Ste venson; and Wade Dean, White Sal- mon. New members appointed were Earl Coe, Bingen; Mr. Thurber, Camas; Mr. Beal, Goldendale: Ira □wens, Cascade Locks; H. E. O’Neil, The Dalles, and Bert Schuler, Hood River. George Christianson, Stevenson, W. S. Nelson, The Dalles, and John McEwen. Goldendale, were appointed to consider candidates for post of Bonneville administrator, their rec ommendation to be acted upon by the Mid-Columbia chamber and no tice of the action taken to be sent to the governors of the respective dates. Wade Dean of White Salmon was iccorded the Mid-Columbia cham- >er’s recommendation as a member >f the new seven-man commission in (Continued on Page Sixteen) THE BONNEVILLE DAM CHRONICLE HOOD RIVER SUNDAY BANNER DAY FOR DAM VISITORS Visitors are beginning to swarm to Bonneville again, and from present indications all previous records will be smashed to smithereens. B. E. Whitsett, lieutenant in charge of the United States guards, reported that 8447 persons visited the reserva tion and dam project last Sunday. Two guards made separate tallies and there was only % of 1 per cent dif ference in the totals. This figure tops anything reported to the Dam Chronicle all last sum mer, even during excellent weather and at the height of the tourist sea son. Part of the influx is probably attributable to the interest of Port landers and citizens of other nearby towns in viewing the progress that has been made on the dam in the past winter. Efficiency of Turbines to Be Compared All five blades have been placed in the first powerhouse turbine unit, and assembly has progressed far. Two polished blades have arrived for the second turbine. In the first, the blades will be used exactly as cast, while blades for the second tur bine will be machined and polished for precision at an approximate cost of $29,000. The purpose is to give the blades a comparative service test af ter installation, to see whether tur bine blades in additional power house units, and in future projects, will pay for themselves if precision-ground. Workmen are busy also preparing the vanes which will direct the water flow against the turbines, but none of the vanes has actually been placed yet. Spider beams have arrived and will soon be put in place to support the generator rotor and blade assembly. The entire weight of moving machin ery in each unit will rest on bearings upheld by these spider beams. Parker-Schram company has com pleted pouring concrete in the tem porary ship channel at the east end of the navigation locks, and has a small amount of work remaining ott the cofferdam. General-Shea com pany completed its contract about one week ago, preparing placements for three additional guide wall piers. Bethlehem Steel company is setting up its stiffleg derrick at the east end of the locks for use in assembling the east lock gate. The big crane at the west end of the locks will be used in assembling the west gate. FRANKTON VICTOR OVER LOCKS SCHOOL Frankton grade school took Cas cade Locks boys’ team to the tune of 6 to 1 at a game played here Tues day. Cascade Locks girls’ team turned the tables, however, blasting out 26 runs to five for Frankton. Summary (boys’ gam e): Cascade Locks (1) <6) Frankton Todd, 2b (0) ....................(0) Okamura Morgan, lb (0)..................... (1) Cable Collins, cf (0)........................(0) Tenney Jenkins, p (0)...................(1) Okamura Merrill, J-, ss (1)................ (1) Scheer Strader, rf (0)..................... (1) Owings Hess, 3b (0)............................ (0) Franz Merrill, A., If (0)................(0) Kneger Hyde, c (0)........................... (2) Tenney STATE H EAD HERE Members of Cascadla Rebekah lodge, No. 221, entertained the state president, Mrs. Estella Weed, and Rebekahs from Hood River at an impressive ceremony in the I. O. O. F. hall in Cascade Locks Wednesday night. Mrs. Breta Morgan, noble grand of Cascadia lodge, presided. GARAGE SOLD Purchase of the Tooth Rock gar age from Thad Glazier by F. W. Pra- haska of Klamath Falls was an nounced this week. Mr. Prahaska plans to make his home here, along with other members of his family. BONNEVILLE CASCADE LOCK8 We're Three Today! With an admittedly checkered and exciting past behind it, the Dam Chronicle with this issue faces its fourth year of publication. In the three years since its founding in April. 1934, the Dam Chronicle has watched important events unfold, and has seen an amazing variety of people come and go — not the least amazing, perhaps, have at times been in cluded on its own staff. The Dam Chronicle files are net only a record of the building of the dam. but also a printed pageant of the ‘human side’’ of the Bonneville development, and an account of a wide range of community projects. This newspaper remembers its past with relish, but it is not satisfied with the mere remembrance. This newspaper's chief hope is that the future will be as colorful, as full of incident as the past, and that it will continue to mingle in whatever excitement may be at hand. Oft-repeated predictions of a bright future for the gorge, we beg to remind you, are not “loose talk.’’ At this moment we can state that a firm of national reputation is dickering for a site for a huge factory in the gorge, and that an acreage near Cascade Locks is being given serious attention. W e can also state that even now there is a noticeable demand for better-class houses in the dam area— houses for permanent residents, who plan to live here, work here, and have attractive homes and surroundings. W e can further state that highway construction near Cascade Locks within the next year will furnish employ ment for a considerable number of men, and will soon make itself felt in improved noad transportation facilities. So sit tight and hang on. The much-advertised end of the world is a long way off, and the Dam Chronicle is looking forward to a lot of fun before the end comes. National Commissary To Retain Camp The National Commissary com pany’s camp and dining room will be kept open until the Bonneville pro ject is completed, according to an nouncement dated Tuesday. Rumors were abundant up until then that the camp was about to close, and many workmen had been casting about for other places to stay. The anouncement letter reads: "After talking to all the men in the camp I find that a great num ber of men have been in camp sineb we opened up. ‘‘Therefore we have decided to keep the camp open until the close of the job, with the exception of Saturday and Sunday. Lunches will be avail able at all times. F. J. McDonald, general manager." The National Commissary company can close the camp at its own option at any time, since it operates merely under a permit from the Uhited States government. Jim Merrill and his son Dubby left yesterday for Soap Lake, Wash., where they will spend a few days. 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FRIDAY, ATRIL 8. 1837 Six 4-H Clubs Are Formed in Cascade Locks by Robert Morgan On April. 1 six 4-H clubs were or ganized in Cascade Locks, with a total of 52 members and 4 leaders. The leaders and officers of the club are as follows: Cooking 1 and 2 President, Helen Rosenback; vice president, Katy Champ; secretary, DeEtte Moor«; loaders, Mrs Harrington and Mra. Glazier. Other members are Aud rey Banks, Faye Etta Kelsnv, Jeanne Orvis, DeEtte Moore, Jimmie Merrill, Robert Morgan, Adelbert Merrill, Ruth Fisher, Kn*y Champ, Dorothy Tess.c,. ‘jhuiey Woodward, Luella Glazier, Helen Ri>senl>aek, Audrey Kelsay, Donna Reuterskolld, Verna Weeman, Olivo Potts, Hetty Fisher, Nell Rae Brolllar, Jeannette Walker, Kathleen Ix>we, Eleanor Sprague, Lucile Nichols, Eileen Sprague, and Freddie Walker. Sewing 1: President, Marjorie Smith; vice-president, Betty Kelsay; secretary, Luella Glazier; leader, Mrs. Kelsay. Other members are Audrey Kelsay, Marjorie Smith, Don na Reuterskolld, Luella Glazier,. Shirley Woodward, Kathleen Lowe, and Faye Etta Kelsay. Sewing 2: President, Audrey Banks; vice-president, Verna Wee- man; secretary, Jeanne Orvis: lead er, Mrs. Kelsay. Members are Do Ette Moore, Jeanne Orvis, Verna Weeman, Audrey Banks and Eileen Sprague. Gardening 1: President, Bobby Kelsay; vice-president, Kenneth Woodward; secretary, Jimmie Nich ols ; leader, Mrs. Kelsay. Members at this club are Artie Warren John Woodward, Bob Orvis. Noble Hyde, Freddie Walker. Handicraft: President, Robert Morgan: vice-president, Noble Hyde; secretary, Jimmie Merrill; leader, Mrs. Titus. Members are Bobbv Hyde, Bob Orvis, Lee Campbell, Perry Allison. Elmer Glazier, Jackie Douville, Norman Lovell, T?ary1 Strader, Delmar Moore. Howard Rrol- linr, Freddie Nichols. Artie Warren, Bobbie Kelsay, Carlyle ReutersUnild. Freddy Walker, Floyd Potts, and Glenn Walker. Jailbreakers Yield to Cop In Locks More excitement than Cascade Locks has seen since the Oddfellows’ building burned nearly three years ago occurred Monday night when State Patrolman Tom Sheridan open ed his siren at the east end of town and chased three escaped jailbirds in a stolen Studebaker taxi all the way to the West Coast Power company building, where he finally halted the fugitives after firing a shot through their windshield. The escapees, who had refused to pull over when Sheridan gave them the siren, made a last frantic effort to wheel their car around and crash into his, at which he fired upon them. Frank Moran of Moran's lodge and service station ran to the spot and found Sheridan covering the trio, two men and a woman. Sheridan ordered Moran to take a rifle from the back of the patrol car and hold it on the desperadoes while he, Sheridan, searched them for weapons. Four loaded revolvers, stolen In Baker, were taken from the stolen ta>: Colon Merrill, Cascade Locks mar shal, had arrived by then and as sisted Moran in covering the t.’iree while Sheridan searched them. A sizeable crowd collected to watcb proceedings. Sheridan handcuffed his captives and held them in Mor an's lodge until receiving order? to take them to Portland. (Continued on Page Sixteen) <