THE
SIXTEEN
Telephone
Workers Win
Vail Medals
B O N N E V I L L E
Churches
CASCADE LOCKS CHURCH
Sunday, May 23
Rev. L. G. Weaver, pastor
Morning service, 11 A. M. Sermon,
"A Reader Converted.”
League service, 7 to 8 P.M. Leader,
Dclma Spangler.
Adult service, 8:05 to 9 P. M.
While a forest fire was destroying
Bandon, Oregon, in five hours last
summer, taking 11 lives anil driving
2,000 people to the ocean's edge, Ev
elyn Manciet stood firm at her
switchboard, keeping open telephone
BONNEVILLE COMMUNITY
lines for help and reassurance. She
CHURCH
remained until after midnight when
Civic Auditorium
the fire raged up to the exchange
E. J. Aschenbrenner, minister
windows and shattered them, forcing
Sunday:
her to drop her cords and "abandon
Sunday school at 10 A. M. in charge
ship.”
Her own home burned, her par of Mr. Samuel Lancaster. Classes for
ents fugitives from the fire and driv all ages.
Morning worship at 11 A. M.
en to the beach, Miss Manciet never
theless assorted that "Any chief op Theme: "Why Get Excited About Re
erator would have done as I did, had ligion?”
"A man wrapped up in himself
she been in my place, tried to keep up
communications to the outside as makes a very small package.” Meet
long as it was possible.” This she someone who is greater than your
wrote in a long-hand report to her self. Worship God with us next Sun
day. Spiritual enlargement of the
superior.
In ?-ecognition of this "noteworthy heart will be good for you.
public service," Miss Manciet, young
operator lor the West Coast Tele OVER-SNOW TRACTOR
phone company, which serves a sec ANNOUNCED BY FORESTERS
tion of the northwest, was awarded
Pointing the way toward happier
a bronze Vail medal by the Vail days for ski sport enthusiasts on the
Award committee of the Pacific Tele steep snow mantled slopes of high
phone and Telegraph company.
mountains in the Northwest, a new
Announcement c o n c e r n i n g the over-the-snow tractor is announced
award was received here yesterday this week by the engineering section
by Manda Collins, manager for the of the U. S. forest service. The new
device with sled attached has been
telephone company.
Another of the bronze medals given tested recently near new Mt. Mood
annually by Bell Telephone System Timberline lodge and found capable
companies as a memorial to Theo of hauling "up-mountain” loads of
dore N. Vail, pioneer telephone lead more than 20 skiers, and of negotiat
er, was awarded to OPo P. Hoffman, ing grades from 30 to 50 per cent.
3616 Sacramento Street, San Fran Speed up the steeper slopes varies
cisco, draftsman for the Pacific Tele from four to eight miles an hour,
phone and Telegraph company. Last with down hill trips possible at 20
June Hoffman dived into deep water miles an hour. Snow depth is no ob
of Russian River, rescuing and later stacle to the tractor whose wide base
resuscitating Walter Callison Jr., a prevents it from sinking and stalling
10-year old San Francisco boy.
even in the softest covering, accord
Mrs. Wynetta Sabin, young oper ing to the announcement.
ator, at her switchboard at three
Illustrating the value of the new
o’clock of a November morning last tractor to skiers in eliminating ar
year, detected a fire and summoned duous uphill climbs, J. Frankland,
aid that protected Medford, Oregon,
from a disastrous conflagration. Carl
R. Belknap, of Richmond, California,
repairman of long distance telephone
lines, for the fourth time in recent
years rendered vital first aid in an
emergency occurring near his work,
on this occasion an automobile ac
cident last June. Mrs. Sabin and
Belknap were given honorable men
Phedippides, the great Greek
tion by the award committee, com
runner, raced 26 miles to bring
posed of four operators, four plant
the news of the victory at Mara
men and three officers.
thon to Athens, then dropped
dead. If there had been a Lake
Carved out of one solid piece of
side hotel at Athens, he’d have
redwood, a huge repi eduction of the
run a little faster, but he’d surely
Great Seal of the State of California
have stuck around awhile to enjoy
will be one of the exhibits in the
State Building at the 1939 Golden
the accommodations.
Gate International Exposition.
highlights of history
Paul Verdier, head of the City of
Paris store in Ran Francisco, will
be ambassador of good will from
the 1939 Golden Gate International
Exposition to the Paris, France, 1937
Exposition of Arts and Crafts.
lakeside hotel
DAM
FRIDAY, MAY 81, 1937.
C H RO NI CLE
regional chief of engineering for the
forest service, stated that last week
the tractor hauled passengers with
ease up to a 7800-foot elevation on
the snow fields above Mt. Hood
Timberline lodge. Grades approach
ing 50 per cent were negotiated eas
ily and the down trip made at about
20 miles per hour.
"Forest service officials and engi
neers foreseeing the necessity of de
pendable over-the-snow transporta
tion for skiers and guests to the new
Mt. Hood lodge. (6000-foot elevation),
last year thoroughly examined the
existing
equipment
field,”
said
Frankland. “ They determined, if
possible, to develop a wide gauge
tractor following the general design
of one used on the McKenzie with
considerable success, and reducing to
the minimum the track pressure on
the snow. Construction of the new
new design was Completed by forest
service equipment engineers in ihe
forest service shops in Portland and
minor revisions were made after var
ious early try-outs. Recent perform
ances under severe tests, leaves no
doubt that a notable addition to
equipment for winter sports recrea
tionists has been developed.”
The complete unit is a single track
tractor pulling a sled which accom
modates from 20 to 25 passengers.
The over-all length of the tractor is
14 feet, 8 inches. The present unit
is powered by a Ford V-8 truck
motor and transmissions delivering
power to driving sprockets at the
rear. Track cleats, of the shape
known as T-bar type, are of dura
lumin
insuring
lightness
and
strength. The outstanding mechani
cal feature is a special power steer
ing device by which the passenger
sled is used as a rudder. The unit
turns easily within a diameter of 45
feet. Because of the great track
area and special low gearings, the
*
unit will climb unusually steep
grades either on bare ground or
snow. *
•
A prospective concessionaire at
the 1939 Golden Gate International
Exposition informed Exposition of
ficials that he wanted to dispense
hot dogs with built-in bicarbonate of
soda compartments.
Farley may be a competent post
master general but he doesn’t seem
to have improved the postoffice pen
very much.
Sprinkling Notice .
June 1st there will be a charge made for outside
faucets of 25c per month each or a flat rate of $2.50 for
the season per 50x100 foot lot. Payable in advance.
W . J. C A R L S O N
Order of W ater Board
City of Cascade Locks
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