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BONNEVILLE
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HOOD R IV E R
SCOUTS W IN AW ARDS
E ight B oy Scouts from Troop 390,
C ascade Locks, won aw ards a t the
court o f honor held jointly w ith the
C ascade Locks P.-T . A. last Friday
night.
Bob Orvis got firem an ship and
sa fe ty merit badges; Jim Merrill,
firem anship and handicraft; F orest
H ess, cy clin g and hand icraft; Bob
M oigan, personal health and first
aid; Bill Morgan, cyclin g and public
health; John Carlson, firem anship
and m u sic; R ussell H adm an, second
c la s s ; Ted McGarrigle, h an d icraft
and firem anship.
CASCADE LOCKS
B O N N E V IL LE
Sidewalks
Going in at
Tooth Rock
HoM
Public Li hr
DON’T FORGET TO READ
THE ROOSEVELT T H E A T E R
AD ON PAGE 5; T H R E E SW E L L
SHOWS TH IS COMING W E E K !
FRIDA Y, MAY 21, 1937.
RIVER LOW
The Columbia river at present is
discharging only a little more than
half as much w ater a s at the sam e
time last year, U nited States engi
neers' figures reveal. Flow yester
day w as about 285,000 cubic feet per
second, w hile last year it w as 501,000
The W est Coast D istrict of Colum
It looks like a short dash through second-feet, a little under its peak
(By Ted McGarrigle)
bia will be the forty-ninth state of
the new Colum bia River tunnel at of 520,000 second-feet reached May
Graduation exercises for nine sen
the union if the plans of the Col
Tooth Rock, but actually it’s nearly IS and again June 6.
iors at Cascade Locks high school
umbia Gorge A ssociated Cham bers o f
three city blocks.
were held last night in the h igh
Commerce are carried out as the re
It’s also stran ge to look through
PICTURE P R E S E N T E D
school auditorium. C- D. N ick elsen
sult of a m eetin g at Stevenson Mon
the tunnel from the east, see day
The G irls’ leagu e o f Bonneville of Hood River w as the main speaker.
day night.
ligh t at the other end and feel the grade school has presented to the Hugh M. Sherwood conducted th e
Stevenson businessm en p reviously
w e st wind fresh in on e’s face, when school a water-color view of the dam program.
had advocated secession from the
the tunnel h as been nothing but a by Hal Babbitt, form erly of Bonny
Diplomas were given to the fo llo w
state of W ashington and join ing the
black hole for so m any months.
Villa tavern, now em ployed at the ing students who have com pleted
sta te of Oregon because of lack o f
Concrete linin g has been com plete- hatchery. B abbitt’s w orks are w idely their four-year high school cou rse:
cooperation of W ashington sta te o f
ly poured from one end of the tun known in the dam area.
Geraldine Rankin, Olive H utchin
ficials in efforts to obtain a sw itch
nel to the other, connecting the two
son, Jane Geitnor, Chuck Hill. Curly
board rate for B onneville power.
sets o f ringstones, one at each por
Helvogt, Harold Jenkins, Dave M of-
Going a step farther, the associated
tal, w ith an unbreakable bond.
fitt, Jack Fisher and Bob D ouville.
cham ber group su ggested that the
The lining has “bled” very little
On the preceding Friday the Sen
counties of Clark, Skam ania and
w ater although at one point where
ior ball w as held at the school, w ith
K lickitat in W ashington and H ood
there is considerable ground flow the
the gym nasium decorated to resem ble
River, W asco and M ultnom ah in Ore
C. C. C. boys of Com pany 4765 at concrete is still damp.
a grape arbor. Many of the seniors
gon secede and form the new state. W yeth are w orking hard on the large
T he tunnel has a slight curve at
also attended the annual school pic
It w as su ggested th at M aryhill, ath letic field lying betw een the cam p the eastern end, w hich is a continu
nic W ednesday at Multnomah falls.
W ash., be made the cap ital of the buildings and the Colum bia jRiver
ation o f the bend betw een the E agle
B accalaureate services were held last
high
w
ay.
The
volleyb
all
court
in
one
Assem
bly
on
the
second
h
alf
o
f
the
new com m onwealth.
creek
bridge
and
the
tunnel,
but
the
Sunday.
A motion w a s carried to adopt all corner o f the field h as been com plet w estern section of the tunnel is upstream m iter gate for the shiplock
Follow ing is the com plete program
commenced this week, follow in g com
congressm en and senators of the two ed and is in use.
straigh t a s a die, leading out to the pletion of the first half, which has for the high school graduation;
Considerable grading and fillin g, for new h igh w ay section to the w est.
sta tes who are favorable to estab
been set in place and bolted togeth
P rocessional March (by E d g a r ):
lishm ent of sw itchboard rates for w hich a cat w as used, w ere n ece s
Trucks are now dum ping coarse er.
Mrs. W ilbert Harrison.
B onneville power as leg isla tiv e rep sary. The field w ill be given its bap
rock betw een the concrete sidew alk
Practically all exterior construction
resen ta tives
o f the to-be-form ed tism of fire w hen boys from the B ea
In v o ca tio n : Rev. L. G. W eaver,
The foundation for the on the two new w in gs for the ad
con Rock C. C. C. cam p p lay the lo footin gs.
state.
Cascade Locks church.
ca ls in kitten ball and volleyball h igh w ay p avin g through the tunnel ministration has been com pleted. In
Vocal solo, “ Indian Dawn (by Za-
will be about two and a h a lf fe et terior fin ish in g and p ainting the
W ednesday, May 26.
thick.
brick w alls rem ains before the build m e in ik ): Mrs. Jam es Rasm ussen.
Other gam es on the cam p’s sch ed
Salutatory: Geraldine Rankin, a c
T he south sidew alk has been prac ing can b e occupied by second district
ule are B eacon Nock a t Stevenson
tivity honor.
engineer
em
ployees
in
July.
M ay 24, in baseball, and Parkdale tica lly com pleted but m ost of the
Valedictory: Jane Geitner, curric
The Bradford island fishladder, the
north sidew alk rem ains to be poured.
com m unity baseball team May 30.
ular
honor.
The only section of concrete road final pour on which wound up Gen
Violin solo. "V iennese R efrain’*
The cam p grounds have recen tly
eral-S
h
ea’s
contract
on
the
dam,
Is
been beautified by construction of w ay y et poured is the north h a lf of undoubtedly the largest fish w ay in (tra d itio n a l): Mrs. H enry Munkres.
Address, “L eadership” : C. D. N ick
several rock fountains and pools, the section adjoining the m asonry the world. It is 2200 feet long, 40
w ith flow er plots surrounding them . cau sew ay ju st outside the w est por feet wide and averages 20 feet in elsen.
C. M. Hurlburt, engineer for the
tal. The p avin g inside the tunnel
P resentation of class: H. M. Sher
The n ew spike cam p at Cooper m ust w ait until the road base has height. The total cost o f the fish -
Hood R iver port com m ission, and
wood, principal.
ladder
w
ill
be
about
$600,000.
Spur
w
as
manned
by
16
men
recen
tly.
John Koberg, com m ission secretary,
been laid and graded.
P resentation of diplom as: K ail R o-
Only b ig jobs rem aining on the
plan to con fer w ith U nited S tates Arthur B ow m an is in charge o f the
t’resen t plans call for opening the
senback, chairm an of school board.
m
en
w
ho
are
working
on
flum
e
con
sp
illw
a
y
dam
are
com
pletion
of
the
arm y en gineers in Portland the lat
tunnel to tr a ffic on or about A ugust
Benediction : Rev. W eaver.
W ash in gton shore fish w ay, north-
ter part o f this w eek concerning struction. Two crew s from W yeth 1 .
R ecessional March (by Louis E.
are
also
w
orking
on
fire
trails
in
side
girder
spans,
north
fishlock,
plans for Hood R iver’s port fa cilities.
D
eF
ra n cesc ): Mrs. Harrison.
sp illw a y dam gates, a second mon
M eanwhile it w as reported here various parts o f the gorge
W
illiam
H elvogt w as cited for hon
ster gan try crane and the rem aining
The cam p personnel w as recen tly
that the new w ater-grade h igh w ay to
or in athletics.
ogee
sectio
n
s
between
the
piers.
The
be constructed by the state h igh w ay augm ented by arrival o f 17 men from
latter project will not be attempted I
departm ent w ill pass through Hood Camp Silver Creek F alls and 11 men
until a fter high water. The north-1 ON ADR KC HOOL PI PH .S
R iver along C ascade street, probably from Camp Sunset. F oster Steels, a s
side girder span work is roughly h alf;
f RADUATED
crossin g the Union P acific tracks due sistan t supervisor of the Mount Hood
com pleted, and about a third of the
Comm encem ent exorcises for grad-
national
forest,
and
R
ay
Lindberg,
ea st o f the end o f Cascade street by
work has been done on the dam
eighth graders at B onneville
m ean s of an overpass beginning about training supervisor, w ere am ong re
g a tes
and Cascade Locks schools w^re held
cent
visitors
at
camp.
Second and Cascade, w ith a n ew
W ednesday night.
The B onneville
Several m em bers of the Gideons,
At lea st three C ascade Locks boys
h ig h w a y bridge to be built across
exorcises were informal, in conform
business
m
en
’s
religious
organization,
LOCKS
LOSES
MEET
and girls w ill attend the 4-H sum
Hood river.
C ascade Leeks grade school trailed ance with a request from the central
It is understood the governm ent visited the cam p Sunday and con m er sessio n s at Corvallis this year,
the
field in the four-school tourna office, with students putting on the
Mrs. J. F. K elsa y announced yester
w ill m ake available about $75,000 to ducted services.
m ent held at Stevenson Tuesday, program features.
A special fire drill w as held at the day.
the sta te h igh w ay departm ent to help
T w enty pupils, w hose nam es w ere
them w ith the developm ent o f the cam p yesterday.
T hose w ho h ave been ou tstan din g with Stevenson, Bonneville and Carl listed in last w eek ’s Chronicle, w ere
son
also
com
peting.
The
m
ost
recent
edition
o
f
the
n ew bridge and highw ay east from
in their 4-H club work and have earn
The Locks took second place in the graduated at the L ocks The grade
the river, w hich will probably cross cam p paper, Gopher E choes, w as pub ed scholarships to the sessio n s are
school picnic will be held on the g o v
lished
this
w
eek.
Abner
E.
Johnson
880-yard
relay, run by Bud Potts,
d irectly through the Button and K o
Lucille N ichols, Robert M organ and
ernment grounds this afternoon un
Jim Merrill, Norman Lovell and
b erg properties. N ew su rveys are is editor-in-chief, assisted by John B etty K elsay.
der the sponsorship o f the Cascade
b ein g m ade currently along this sec W . Jackson Jr., a sso cia te editor;
Morgan, the first to com plete his Merle D avis.
Locks P.-T. A.
Robert Johnson, illustrator, and the h andicraft a ssign m en ts,
tion.
m ade
a.
BLEAKM AN HONORED
M aterial m ay have to be dredged follow ing reporters; R obert B ates, squared board, kitchen stool, ballot
A birthday party in honor of P. B. I
from the river bottom in two spots Sam Gudmunson, Jam es Stafford, A l box, kitchen tray, hall tree and book
B leakm an o f E agle Creek was held j
b etw een Hood R iver and M osier to vin Christensen, Charles Carlson, Ce ends.
build a roadbed which w ill stand cil D illabaugh, W arren Chesbrough,
The three will leave for C orvallis May 12 at the home of Mr. and Mrs- .
a ll
A l l f t n i l A
above pool level after the dam is Law rence Menzhuber, Raym ond W il June 12 for tw o w eek s. T he county Melvin H arrington in Cascade I.ocks;. I
liam s, L aurence G arten, Bernhard provided four h alf-sch olarsh ip s, but A ttending the party, besides t h e ! w w , B B ^ V ■ ■
M ^
finished.
A congressional com m ittee three Barholz and Maurice Jasper.
only the three qualified. The other B leakm ans and Harringtons were
Educational m ovies covering a v a r h alf o f the scholarships w ill be pro Mr. and Mrs. W alter Gredvig of
d ays ago recomm ended com m ence
m ent o f dredging soon on the Colum iety o f su bjects and requiring an hour vided by interested organ ization s, E a g le Creek and Mr. and Mrs. Ar
b ia channel betw een Vancouver and and 40 m inutes to show w ere pre and by funds raised by the P.-T. A. thur L assila o f Warrendale. Pinochle
By Mrs. C. A. Lynda
B onn eville, w hich w ill supply m a sented at the camp la st night.
and various student functions. The and refreshm ents were enjoyed.
P resident B onneville P.-T. A.
John Cool- of Y ancouver, a ssis- C ascade Locks cham ber of com m erce
terial for th e w atergrade *highway.
School is out this Friday, but the
• - sponsoring
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SIGN FOR POSTOFFICE
The h ig h w ay location through Hood tant editor of the C. C. C. R e v ie w 1 is
one h alf-sch olarsh
ip
B onneville P.-T. A. is arranging for
B onn eville’s postoffice has a new continued activity during the sum
R iver w ill a ffe c t not only the con district paper, and form erly o f Camp
The 4-H club exhibit will be held
struction o f an approach to the port 4765, w as a gu est at cam p T hursday at the school house preceding the sign, made exp ressly for them by a mer. N egotiations are under w ay for
CCC boy at the Zigzag camp. A1 j a W. P. A. R ecreation Supervisor.
com m ission ’s pier below the depot, night.
school picnic today.
Captain Pom erene, Captain John
W iesendanger, senior forest ranger More definite announcem ent will be
but also construction of a new raised
a t E agle creek, w as instrumental in made next week.
approach to the Hood River-W hite son and Dr. G eorge F ields, district
SEN T TO W OODBURN
Salm on bridge. Since the present educational advisor, all inspected t h e
4-H club work is to go on. The
County o fficia ls T uesday sen t Dick h a v in g the sign made. The sign its
underpass ju st north of the present cam p last w eek.
P otts o f Cascade Locks to th e sta te e lf is like other forest service signs, g irls’ sew in g group w ill be led by
h ig h w a y bridge across Hood river
training school at W oodbum a s the with hand-carved raised letters, dark Mrs. Frank Linton, w ho announces
DANCE PL A N N E D
w ill be under w ater much o f the
result of his escapade a w eek ago green on a natural-finish back that any girl between the age.- o f
Members of the C ascade Locks I. last Saturday night, when he and ground. It w as erected a week ago 9 and 21 is invited to participate.
tim e follow in g com pletion of the dam,
th is section of road w ill probably be O. O. F. lodge have scheduled a dance another boy, intoxicated, broke into Saturday.
Girls interested in other divisions o f
abandoned entirely. As the w ater- tonight at their hall in C ascade the grade and high schools a t C as
4-H work m ay report also to Mrs.
Linton.
grade h igh w ay will be north of the Locks, with the Four A ces from cade Locks and rifled several desks.
Miss S teven s Entertains
railroad "it th is point, the new bridge North 3 rnneville to furnish thr r>u-
M
iss
EH™
Stevens
had
a
s
her
Th-> hovs* cam p cookery will be
The other boy w as paroled to his
approach w ill very likely lie along sic.
gu
ests
over
the
week-end
at
her
ca-
dir^ctM
by Mrs. Roy H. I.URch.
parents, as this w a s his first o f
Frank H all, M. L. Morgan and G. fense.
a fill w here the present approach is
b!n at W arrendale, Mrs. Mildren Al
All b oy•; interested in this 4-H club
N. H esgard are m em bers of the
corn, Miss Mabel Downs, M iss Ruth work p lease report to the respective
n ow located.
dance com m ittee. The public is in
Alcorn, Miss Pearl W right, M iss Le leaders im m ediately.
ATTEN D H EALTH MEET
vited.
There is much promise of plenty o f
F ive Cascade L ocks wom en a t na Nealand, Miss Dora Clapper, M iss
NOSE IN SLING
tended the county health association K avanaugh, Miss Dean and M iss H il things going on this sum m er for tha
Jack D ouville is w earing a ban
O yaza Camp Fire Girls enjoyed a m eeting in Hood R iver T hursday dreth all of Portland. Sunday w as boys and girls of the B onneville com
d a g e on his nose, as the result of
h avin g that m em ber broken during hike and outdoor supper W ednesday noon. They w ere Mrs. Maud Brol- spent driving about the dam area and m unity—another w ay in w hich the
a sc u ffle w ith Harold Geitner at evening. K onza Camp Fire Girls are liar, Mrs. May E lliott, Mrs. J. F. K el luncheon was enjoyed, in spite o f P-T . A. links the home and the sch o o l
school last Friday. The nose is heal planning a party to be held on the say, Mrs. John W oodward and Mrs. th e rain, in the new kitchen at E agle for the betterm ent of all children and
youth.
island.
Creek.
Melvin H arrington.
ing sa tisfa ctorily.
Wyeth CCC
Boys Build
Sports Field
Graduation
Marks Close
Of School
Assembly
On Gates
Progresses
Port Men to
Confer W ith
Engineers
Three
Scholars
To Sessions
P.-T. A Work
At Bonneville