T H E B O N N E V I L L E DAM C H R O N IC L E
TWO
THE BONNEVILLE DAM
CHRONICLE
HOOD RIVER. OREGON
Official paper of city of Cascade
Locks, Oregon.
Official publication for American
Legion post No. 88, Bonneville, Ore.
Entered as second class matter at
the postoffice at Hood River, Ore­
gon, under the Act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
JOHN H. T R A V IS .................Editor
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OUR AFTERTHOUGHTS
In the procession of time, the 1937
Christmas has made a retiring bow
and disappeared from the stage of
our sight. And now naturally we
reflect of what the season has
brought us, and what there is to
our advantage amidst the tinsel
and the cheap gaudiness with
which men are inclined to decorate
what is supposed to be the year's
most joyful occasion.
The dominant notes of the orig­
inal Christmas were peace and
good will. Of these two spiritual
commodities this old earth of ours
has never produced an excess. And
so the Christmas symbols, if their
meaning is not lost, are worthy of
preservation. The Christmas can­
dle, making ruddy the front window
pane of our homes, is a beautiful
symbol of the season. Let its light
shine on. Kindred in its emphasis
is the Christmas Tree, with all its
glow—a surpassing delight to the
children of the home. Our gifts?
There is no call to abridge the es­
tablished custom now of exchang­
ing gifts, with the provision that
“ the gift without the giver is
bare.”
Dickens caught a view of the
wide horizon of the Christmas
idea, and his classic lives from
year to year, reflecting our higher
moods — Tiny Tim ’ s "everyone”
shows how wide is the vista of
life and echoes the call of an en­
larged attitude. It is well that there
is one season o f the year which
tends to mellow the Scrooge with­
in us.
In our imperfect world with its
seeming clashes of interest and
consequent strife, the Christmas
proclamation of peace is a reminder
that should not be lost. Strife helps
no one. Bitterness is a boomerang.
The devil within us is the only one
with which we should heartily con­
tend. And to be at peace with our­
selves and with our fellow men
will smooth out more of the wrin­
kles of life than we enn readily
imagine.
YOU C AN'T PASS THE RUCK
Few of us have any realization
o f the amazing progress that has
taken place in m 'king our modern
automobiles mechanically safe. In­
veì.tors and engineers have liter­
ally shot the works, all the way
from modern
Improvements in
brakes and bodies to relatively
•elimination of projections on in-
¡stnment boards.
Similar progress has taken (ilare
h ir’ iwny design. Non-skid surfaces
have been applied, curves made in­
to stra ght-nways, hills flattened,
and turns banked with slide-rule
accuracy. And what are the re­
sults of all this expenditure of time,
mi ie v end ingenuity? A soaring
accident record, and a death toll
tb: t approaches the 400.000 mark
annually.
The motorist can’t pass the buck.
Individual carelessness, individual
incompetence, individual ignorance
—these are the prime causes of ac­
cidents. The most withering com­
mentary that can be made on our
driving habits is the fact that the
great bulk of fatal accidents occur
on good modem mads, under fav­
orable weather conditions, and in­
volve cars in excellent mechanical
condition. The proportion of acci­
dents that are honestly caused by
mechanical failure of vehicles or
bad road conditions, is microscopic.
ECONOMIC HIGHLIGHTS
As Dorothy Thompson wrote a
few weeks ago, “ The capacity of
this country to weather another de­
pression, before the serious social,
economic and political effects of
the last one have worn off, is one
great big question mark.” It is
this “ question mark” which is per­
haps the most unsettling factor in
the current situation.
Industrial
production has widely declined. Se­
curities are combing the price
depths. Business’ sentiment is even
worse than the business production
figures — principally because of
doubt as to the future, and fear
of what the coming months may
bring. In other words, the statis­
tics are bad—but the imponder­
ables, such as investor psychology,
are a great deal worse. It is this
tremendously important f a c t o r
which makes the post-September
drop something different than just
another recession in a long pull re­
covery movement. And it is this
which is responsible
for the
amazing variety of present-day
forecasts as to the trend of com­
ing events. One school, including
government officials and other
New Deal partisans, tends to min­
imize the recession so far as pos­
sible, and to make it seem less
severe than it actually is. Another
school, which includes those who
are exceedingly opposed to all of
the acts and objectives of the Ad­
ministration, tries to make the pic­
ture even darker than it is. To
try to strike the happy medium,
between the apostles of sweetness
and light on the one hand, and the
bearers of the blackest tidings on
the other, is the tough job that con­
fronts any annalist today.
First, some facts. The country
has not yet felt the full brunt of
the drop, though more and more of
the impact is becoming visible
daily. The employment situation
will be grave this winter. During
October, about 100,000 workers were
laid off.
During November, the
number reached 400,000, according
to the best estimates obtainable at
the time this is written. During
January, it seems inevitable that
a still larger number of workers
will be divorced from payrolls, and
forced to look for non-existent
jobs; to subsist for a time on sav­
ings, which in the great majority
of instances are pitifully small,
and finally to seek relief or char­
ity. The Christmas buying period,
with its acceleration in retail trade,
kept the unemployment rolls from
growing on a big scale last month
in all probability, but the full e f­
fects will be felt this month.
Loss of employment has not oc­
curred evenly in all industries.
Trade, distribution and finance to­
day employ more workers than in
1929.
Construction, however, has made
up only one-fifth of its losses since
1929, on the basis of figures which
do not take fully into account the
current recession. The transporta­
tion industries are far under their
pre-depression employment levels.
The public utilities have recov­
ered only about one-third of their
depression
employment
losses.
Figures for the manufacturing in­
dustries are too uncertain to be
quoted—the employment total of j
even a week or two ago is likely
to be extremely high as against
the employment total of even a
week or two hence, as it is man­
ufacturing which first feels a drop
in consumption, and is able to first
trim its sails to meet the storm.
It in the industries mentioned,
with the possible exceptions of
transportation and the utilities, em­
ployment will continue to drop un­
til the recession is ended. Some
forecasters are pessimistic enough
to foresee :i rise in unemployment
to the worst depression level, when
it touched 12.00,000.
One thing
seems certa<n it will he impos-
hie for the Vedrral government to
stay out o f the relief field on a
big scale, and to continue the re­
trenchment policy begun in the
early fall. The effects would be
too severe. The feeling is growing
in industrial quarters, that, much
as a balanced budget is needed, the
time for relief economy must bo
put off.
Now. some theories. How long
will the recession last? A few
economists fear that it cannot be
checked, and w ’U result in another
long major depression, perhaps cul­
minating in an actual panic. The
bulk of the experts think that the
down-turn can be checked early
this winter, and turned into an
up-tum in late January or early
February, if Congress will take cer­
tain remedial steps in the direction
of tax reform, and a more friendly
attitude toward industry This was
also the opinion of the nation's
leading bankers in replying to a
recent questionnaire—they forecast
that the slump would run on four
months, but not develop into an­
other depression.
The great Roger Babson, who
achieved fame when he predicted
the crash of 1929. speaking recent­
ly of business affairs in the
Northwest, observed that business
recoveries were not constant, but
rather were punctuated by peaks
and depressions along the line. He
maintains that the present down­
ward trend is but one of the minor
dips in the upward curve.
Proposals to turn the tide are
now brewing, with Congress meet­
ing in its regular session. Congress
can’t do it all—but it is generally
believed that tangible legislative
action, especially in the tax field,
would provide the necessary steam
to get the industrial engines turn­
ing again.
This is the
the man who
take a cold
postpones the
time of year when
made a resolution to
bath every morning
practice till April.
F R I D A Y , J A N U A R Y 7, 1937.
LandTransactions
Following is a list of transfers of
real property in Hood River County
from Dec. 22 to Dec. 29, as published
by the Hood River Abstract & Invest­
ment Co.:
Sarah J. Layman to W- A. Giese,
warranty deed, conveys SMi of East­
erly 66.18 feet of SVjSW% of Sec. 6,
T. 1, one mile south of Parkdale.
Lenore Adams and Banks Mortim­
er to Clifford E. and Mary Hardwick,
warranty deed, conveys 1.53 acres
in Lot 2, Adams Paradise Acreage,
excepting right-of-way for pipe line.
West Sherman avenue.
J. P. Hounsell to Dorothy Ann
Hounsell, deed, conveys an undivided
one-half interest in NWj4 NW%,
Sec. 2, T. 1, upper vaney.
Richard N., George P. W. and Hat­
tie L. Jensen, Ida M. Weisshand,
Carl F. Weisshand, Meta and Theo­
dore Peterson, to Alfred Edgar Jen­
sen, deed, conveys NW14NWI4, Sec.
13, T. 1, about four miles northeast
of Parkdale.
John H. Sheldrake, sheriff, to
Echoes of the Valley. . .
(Being Contributions of Hood River Poets)
Laura Henderson, Meta Scobee and
Emma Koberg, deed, conveys N ^
S^N W !4, Sec. 18. T. 2, Pine Grove.
J. H. Sheldrake, sheriff, to James
L. Larkin, deed, conveys S^SE*4,
Sec. 12, T. 2, contaiping 80 acres,
Cascade Locks.
Silo Silas Sez-
A pacifist is a man who does
not care to do any fighting him­
self, but will gladly contribute his
w ife’s relatives on the altar of his
country.
♦
Middle-age is that period in a
man’s life when he learns that no
matter in which direction a tax is
hurled it’s sure to hit him.
♦
HOUSE W A R M IN G
There is virtue and comfort and
absence of toil
In the furnaces feeding on sawdust
and oil,
There’s the new air conditioning-
fine, so they say,
And the heat circulators are here for
a stay.
A PEST
I try so hard, to no avail—
He always tells a taller ta le!
Embellish as I can, and do,
He makes a bigger one seem true.
My little stories only serve
To stimulate his wit and nerve.
Some day I mean to tell a lie
’Tis a pleasure to dwell where de­
That even he can never tie.
vices supreme
Furnish heat for the rooms with hot He never will survive the test,
water and steam.
But why consider such a pest.
It's a symbol of progpess—our pride
—W ill Helm
it arouses
To witness how science is heating
FOR A R A IN Y DAY
our houses.
A scientist says it’s the lower
part of your face and not your
eyes that give away your thoughts.
Yes, especially when you open the
lower part of your face.
♦
They say over 300 tons of sugar
are wasted every year in the bot­
tom of teacups. That ought to
cause a stir.
♦
An inventor has assembled ten
common garden tools in one and
that ought to make it possible to
lose them all under one pile of
leaves.
♦
It very often happens in this
world that the optimist has to
borrow the pessimist’s umbrella.
The fire on the hearth in the days I like rain and some damp stuff,
But I think I know when I've had
obsolete
enough.
♦
Was the limited means for both cook­
The
fellow
who
wrote about the
ing and heat;
I would like to see the sun again,
“ silent watches of the night” never
But a fireplace today often stays
But it looks like it would always
had to listen to a dollar one ticking
dark and cool
rain.
on the dresser.
For a man must be wealthy to keep
♦
one in fuel.
Things like moisture, this I know—
It has been my observation that
Drowning them won’t make them
With the old air-tight heater I never
the average man can do a full
grow.
will part;
day’s work by noon if he is going
The warmth that it sheds has gone
I know that rain keeps grasses to get the afternoon off.
straight to my heart.
green,
It may not be modem—’tis homely
But can’t the sun shine in between?
to view.
But the way it sheds heat passes I cannot work, I cannot play
I f clouds just drip and drip this way.
anything new.
Meetings
I think I ’ll seek another clime
So when winter’s cold blasts shake
I f it keeps raining A L L the time. American Legion, Bonneville Post,
the door and the shutter,
—W ill Helm
No. 88, second Tuesday of each
I sit in my room without ever a
mutter,
month at the Civic Auditorium,
Bonneville.
And list to the crackle, as soothing
T H A T LUXURIOUS L IF E
as wine.
Bonneville Parent-Teachers Associa­
In the little wood heater—cost $2.49. I f we had everything we wanted.
tion — First Wednesday every
—Uncle Jeb And everything worth while;
month, study club at 1:30, regular
What a wonderful world to live in—
meeting at 2:30 in Bonneville grade
PRESERVERANCE
We could greet it always with smile, i school auditorium.
The joys that it would bring us each
Through all of these years,
Bridal Veil Lodge, No. 117, A.F. and
and every day,
’Mid joy and 'mid tears,
A.M. — School house. Latourelle
Are beyond all words I can really
We battle thru’ losses and gain;
falls, second Saturday in each
say.
We almost give up—
month. Visiting Masons welcome.
So bitter the cup—
To pave the road smooth all your
Cascade Yacht Club—Thursday, cab­
life.
As the goal we have sought to obtain.
in 8, Enquist addition. Everyone
To leave out all bumps, and have
Sometimes it's so near
welcome.
no more strife,
Our hearts leap with cheer;
To give you the comforts in the hour Cascade Locks Chamber of Com­
W e tackle the job with now zeal.
of need,
merce — Merrill's dining room,
Like a thief it is gone,
Tuesdays, noon.
And we wonder what’s wrong.
To be brave and strong, wherever
Then give up and seek a new field.
misfortune may lead.
Cascade L o c ks City Council — Second
But money does not always do its
Monday of each month, city hall.
I f only we'd stay.
part—
And conquer each day;
Cascade Locks Boy Scouts — High
It has brought much grief, even a
And daily let that be our goal;
school, Tuesdays. 8 P.M.
broken
heart.
Then happy we’d be.
On land and on sea.
And to many of our dear ones it has Bonneville Boy Scouts—Grade school
auditorium, Tuesdays, 7 P.M.
If we lived as our fathers of old.
brought death and sorrow.
—G. W. Ledford j Then there was no returning, nor p Cascade Locks Townsend Club—Odd
tomorrow.
Fellows hall, first and third Fri­
The castles that have been built,
days, 8 P M
glittering with gold.
E PH E M E R AL?
Kebekalls—Cascadia lodge, Cascade
Have revealed many sad stories, and
I.ocks, first and third Wednesdays
The heaving sea waves roll and
many untold.
of
each month, Odd Fellows hall,
break
L ife does not always fulfill all its
8
P.M,
In their constant shoreward route.
good wishes;
To spread a lacy network
That means the poor, as well as the Cascade Locks P.-T. A.: Meets in the
evening of the second Wednesday
That instantly fades out.
riches.
of the month.
So the things that count in life after
The fair bloom in the garden.
all
Izaak Walton league—Meets second
Exquisite in array.
Are those whom you can serve at
Monday of every month to Bonn»
Lives its short day and then
a minute’s c a ll;
ville auditorium. Directors meet
Drops to its death away.
And spreading joy and happiness to
fourth Monday.
everyone
Port Commission—Second Thursday
The life of man on earth is fleet;
Is worth more than anything else
of each month at City Hall, Cas­
It passes as a shade;
under this sun.
cade Locks.
It hardly comes its strength to meet
Those who ask so little for every­ Damsite post. Veterans of Foreign
'Till it begins to fade.
thing they do
Wars — First and Third Mondays,
But
flowers
bloom
the
season Are well repaid when their time
meeting
room of administration
comes, too.
through;
building,
8
P.M.
And
those
whom
you
aid
and
up­
Tho foam's ever at the sea;
lifting hand you extend.
And life flows on beyond earth's
I. O. O. F. Cascade Lodge - Every
Leaves you no regrets, not even
bounds
Monday night. Cascade Locks
to the very end.
To immortality.
Troop 390, B. 8. A. Grade school gym
—Mrs. Anna Mae Calandra
—J. Kelly Buck
every Friday. Cascade Locks