TH E B O N N E V IL L E DAM CH RO N IC LE
F R I D A Y . J A N U A R Y 7, 1®37.
THREE
Spillway Dam— Now !'aching Up the Columbia
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Hood River; Ira Owen Cascade
Locks; Roy Kunsman, Arlington; H.
J. Kesler, Vancouver; Ed. Kendall,
Camas; Sam Sampson, Stevenson;
Louis Thun, Underwood; Tom Nord-
by, Bingen-White Salmon; L. A.
Duncan, North Dalles.
A member will be appointed for
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Kennewick and Pasco, Washington,
A meeting of committees on power and Umatilla, Oregon as soon as in­
and Columbia River navigation and dividuals able to serve can be
ports of the Mid-Columbia Chamber named.
of Commerce has been called for
January 7 at the Columbia Gorge B O N N E V I L L E P O W E R C H I E F
Hotel by Roy Anthon, of Underwood, P R E P A R E S TO S E L L D A M
president of the organization. The O I T F U T T H I S Y E A R
purpose of the meeting is to discuss ♦
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various problems and determine the
“ Already Bonneville dam is com­
scope of work and objectives of these
committees. An invitation has been pleted, and the largest single-lift
extended J. D. Ross to attend this lock in the world will raise ocean­
meeting and be present at the con­ going vessels 66 feet upward on their
ference. The committees will con­ journey to the vast wheatlands and
vene at 2 :30 p. m. In the evening lush orchards of Oregon and Wash­
of the same day the board of direct­ ington. Giant turbines—mounted at
ors of the Mid-Columbia Chamber Bradford island, where a century
will convene, at which reports of and a quarter ago Lewis and Clark’s
campfire flickered in the evergreen
committees will be received.
wilderness—vi ill change the swirl­
Committee chairmanship and mem­ ing current of the Columbia into
bership of the two convening com­ 432,000 ultimate kilowatts of electric­
mittees were recently announced by ity to bring comfort and efficiency
President Anthon, as follow s:
to the homes and farms and factories
Power Committee—W. S. Nelson, of the Northwest.
chairman, The Dalles; B. A. Per-
“ The Columbia river is the great­
ham, Yakima; Wade Dean, White est source of energy on the North
Salmon; Geo. Read, White Salmon; American continent. Sixty-eight per
John McEwen, Goldendale; Hugo cent of all the potential water power
Schmidt, Klickitat, Geo. Christensen, of the nation is west of the Rocky
Stevenson; Geo. Moody, North Bon­ mountains, and 41 per cent is in the
neville; Eberly Thompson, Camas; watershed of the Columbia river.
Ehvood Caples, Vancouver; David B. Thus the supply of electricity which
Simpson, Portland; W. R. Bailey, Bonneville taps is America’s greatest
The Dalles, Ed Lage, Hood River; treasure-trove of power, an almost
and W. N. Keeler, Cascade Lockes. inexhaustible source of energy for
Columbia River Navigation and the Northwest quadrant of the na­
Ports Committee — C. L. Nellor, tion. It is a coal mine that will
chairman, The Dalles; O. W. Gus­ never be dug out, an oil well that
tafson, The Dalles; C. D. Nickelson, will never run dry.”
Mid-Columbia
Committees
Appointed
Bonneville dam’s 600,000 ultimate
horsepower
will
be
distributed
throughout the Pacific Northwest in
accordance with the policy laid
down in President Roosevelt’s dedi­
catory address—“ the widest possible
use for all within the radius of eco­
nomic transmission."
In a series of informal talks, Ross
has told people from all parts of
Oregon, Washington and Idaho that
the federal project on the Columbia
river is intended to spread the ad­
vantages of low-cost electricity to
establishments of the greatest num­
ber of people, rather than to benefit
a limited group in any one area.
Ross has asked the citizens of the
Northwest to “ catch the president’ s
vision of the future.” and to assist
him in making the Bonneville proj­
ect a cource of increasing comfort
and prosperity to everyone. “ The
building of Bonneville dam is a
humanitarian act,” Ross declares.
Offers Assistance
Ross has asked that each com­
munity consider itself a stockholder
in Bonneville dam, and immediately
concern itself with partaking of the
dividends of the 432.000 kilowatts it
will ultimately generate. He explains
that the power will be distributed
through public or private agencies,
as the people wish, and offers his as­
sistance in helping dispose of elec­
tricity through either channel.
Private power companies may ne­
gotiate to receive power from the
dam, or the desidents of any area
may organize a public power dis­
trict, a cooperative association, or
a municipally-owned system for the
distribution of power purchased from
the Bonneville project. The choice
is up to the people themselves—the
administrator will not distribute the
power to individuals in a communi­
ty at retail.
1 he totals covering Hood River Real Estate sales since
we acquired this Agency in 1932 are:
102 Sales .................................................. $260,355.00
It would take an optimistic predictor
to estimate 1938 at
.........
But that would bring our total to ... $350,000.00
And in our childhood, we were taught that:
" I f we aim at the stars
W e will hit above the bushes.
If Mr. Butler is not in when you call, ask for M r Hersh-
ner or M iss Stranahan.
TRUMAN BUTLER
AGENCY
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