Image provided by: Hood River Library; Hood River, OR
About The Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Bonneville, Or.) 1934-1939 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1939)
FRIDAY. JA M AKA 13. 1939 THF BONNEVILLE DAM CHRONICLE TWO E d i t o r i a l V i e w s an d D i s c u s s i o n s T H E Y D RAT H HR W O R K A total of months. 17 thousand visits in seven It sounds staggering, but that is the record of the number of calls that were made at the I food River Re employment office from March to September, inclusive, in 1938. Sev enteen thousand, and that doesn't take in the month of October when calls at the office would naturally be most numerous. Wh.it were the calls? Mostly applications for jobs If jobs are not to be had. then the visitor inquires about insurance. Mrs. Jimmie Catherwood. in charge of the reemployment, announced Practically all of the applicants prefer jobs to unemployment insurance pay ments Mrs Catherwood stated. L. I) Sol- omotison. in charge of this office, has made siiml.tr observations. It is reassuring to learn that locally, anyway, the t harge often heard, is untrue, that work relief programs and unemployment insurance rob participants of a desire to work GOING C R A Z Y T O O F A S T l.ocal residents, interested in p u b l i c health, were this week pointing to a recent bulletin of the Oregon State Board of Health, n which Harold p. Horn of the United States Public Health Service, recites an alarm ing situation in this country in regard to rapid growth of mental disease. Number of people put in hospitals for mental disease increased more than SO per cent from 192b to 19 9». I)r Dorn stated lie estimates that in I9(>0. only 21 years hence, the number of people com mitted each year to a mental hospital will be twice the number sc» confined at the present time. Though it is to be borne in mind that many cases receive hospitalization now that in for nit*i geneiations remained uncared for. the fat t still remains that mental disease is growing at a rapid rate It is not an optimistic future lor parents looking to the welfare in years to come of their voung boys and girls. However, tins can help forestall possible later illness for then children hv instilling in them ideas and habits of temperance and moderation, with a little coaching toward taking things more phlegmaticallv in a world that is ever h»*toitnng more high strung and moving each year as do every season s new model auto mobiles at an even faster pace AN D Y K T N O T RK ADY T O USF. B O N N F . V I F F F When Ad m m i s t i a t o r R o s s announces t h a t Bonneville power w ill be reads for delivery in P.ugene hv next September he means t h a t Bonneville power will be leads f o r delivers in Portland before that time l he Bonneville power hue will skut Portland on the west But aitual delivers will depend upon readiness. lhe government will not be a retail dis tnbutor 1 he government built Bonneville dam and power plant lhe government is building the transmission lines The gov eminent max make direct contracts with in dustries at the dam for the sale ol power at wholesale i.ites But for Bonneville power to be delivered to h omes or farms calls for ar rangement b\ some agent \ Iwtween the gov eminent and the retail consumer A munict palitv a power district or a private utility max be that agent v. W e have dreamed and talked so long abou* the revolutionizing effett of Bonneville upon industry and in bringing to all of us within transmission radius the benefits of abundant energx at low and use simulating rates, that it is diffit ult to realize that the dav of readi ness o deliver is so near It is appalling to realize that so little has been done to make sure of readiness to receive Orrjjon Joima/ AS HIGH A S T H E M O O N It fell to Quincy Scott. Oregonian cartoon ist. to sum up. in graphic style, a current sit uation w'hich is growing so acute, that mere words fail to picture the situation. The U S debt was shown as a comet, mounting to such etftremes that the man in the moon became terror-stricken as the debt reach ed the height of his habitat. In years to come, the farmers, laborers, and business men in the county and householders will of necessity pay— and pay and pay. A national debt of nearly $40.- 000.000.000 is not easily retired. It figures out to be $320 apiece for each American cit izen perhaps $1280 per family. Raise it in taxes? The average person now in this region is so overburdened by everything but income taxes, that he has been bowed down, then crushed, and is now being smother ed by the load. W e American citizens have often wished we were the man in the moon— for he has no financial worries, no concern for crops, mar kets. freight rates, interest, depreciation, up keep. or running expenses. But as Cartoonist Scott sees it. the national debt is mounting so fast and to such a great height that it is apt to knock the man in the moon from his perch. A U T O RH A S O N I N G A judge has ordered a young W I’A worker either to sell or give away his automobile. This was due to the fact that the man's wife testified th.it her husband spent most of his $12 weekly wage on the car. W e can believe this as anyone who owns a car realizes the upkeep is a major part of the family ex pense Yet there is the side of the* W P A worker too. for in many cases a car is neces sary in securing and holding #» job. It has happened many times that unemployment relief has been refused on the >,rounds that persons applying ow ned an automobile. 1 here have been manv tales of cases where families have called for relief checks and grocery supplies in their cars. One story goes about the woman living in the citv. who called a t.ixi from relief headquarters as her car battery was run clow n Most anyone can relate stones of cases where relief was undeserved. But the thousands of worthy cases suffer due fo these fewer outstanding instances of sel fishness It would be hard to draw the line as to who should own a car and who can afford a t.ir There are many families where in- comes are far above relief checks and \\ PA salaries where wives have hail to go without fall millinerv and husbands without new suits, because the auto needed new tires, valves ground and a new brake lining POOR GRANDPA! It max be that your Grandad never saw a movie an airplane or listened to a radio, or ow ned a tinniern automobile But there is one thing on Grandad *> side, he never had to wait in a barber shop until a girl got her neck shaved he probablx never went in swimming w ith a Luiv he didn t smoke mentholated c i g a r e t t e s have his finger nails manicured or his t ih * nails doctored W e doubt if he drank near beer and he didn t divorce Grandma: he undoubtedly did not shix»t a filling-station bandit didn t sleep in broadcloth pajamas and w . i s satisfied with a heated game of checkers a s an active sjx»rt But somehow. Grandad lived to a ripe old age and never knew what he was missing He never got behind with his work on account of fishing and he was alwaxs up to scratch when it came to paving his bills And there are a good many of the offsprings of Grandad who could profit by his example Trv to find a parking place in a town that is no longer able to take care of its needv. Forum . . . Jack Travis, Editor Bonneville Dam Chronicle, Cascade Locks, Ore., Dear Sir: It has been brought to the atten tion of the Royal Rattlesnakes, that your paper has been printing propaganda unfavorable to our organization. In view of this fact and in response to inquiries from the nation at large, we deem it ' advisable at this time to acquaint the public with the aims and pur poses of our order. The 1st Principle: Down with everything, we’re against all movements which tend to improve, elevate, cultivate, edu cate or constipate mankind. The underlying motive is to corrupt the morals and undermine the intelli gence of the present generation. Fraternalism: When a true Rat tlesnake finds a brother in distress, he immediately steps on his neck, or makes some other gesture appropriate to the occasion, such as dropping a rock on his foot, or kicking him in the lap when his back is turned. Membership: Applicants must not be in good standing at home (if anyone loves ycu, you are in eligible for membership.) Office i holders, politicians and business men are by nature of their occu pations automatically elected to this order. Organization: The various of fices of the order are entitled The King Snake (must be able to whip all Rattlesnakes); Big Diamond Back (makes most noise); Moun tain Rattler (does the most dam age); Garter Snake (investigates new members); Snake in the Grass (financial Secretary); Water Snakes, (members in good standing the day after each meeting.) I.adies Auxiliary, now being or ganized, will be known as The Real Snakes. The symbol of the order is the Hangman’s noose. Every member must endeavor to become familiar with it and its uses. National Headquarters: Cascade Locks, Ore. Dues: Twenty-five cents per year (in advance). Business Address: Royal Rattle snakes, Cascade Locks, Ore., c/o Postmaster. Auditor’s R e p o r t for 1938: "Brother Rattlesnakes, we haven’t got a pit to hiss in.’’ We hope that this will explain I the purposes of our order, and permanently stop any ami all malicious rumors concerning us. Please give this all of the pub- licity which you can, as we do not feel that we should deprive the people of this country of the priv ilege of joining this order. —Royal Rattlesnakes. Editor's Note: O. K., Brother Rat> (short for Rattlesnake.) Silo Silas Sez . . . Many a woman thinks the rea son some married women can’t take a joke is because they have already taken one too many. It doesn’t take only married men to tell you that the best way to get a woman to talk is to tell her to keep still. * It doesn’t pay to borrow trouble unless you have the knack of shouldering it off on someone else. We wonder if anyone has ever come across the Devil that Aimee Semple McPherson said she was ;oi:’.g chase out of I.os Angeles many years ago. 1 have noticed about the only thing that comes to the man who waits, is a good crop of whiskers. THE BONNEVI LLE DAM CHRONICLE- O f f i c ia l p aper o f city o f C a s c a d e txick*. O regon. u r w l - rLA N O , m .( on 1«L 7 th * j 39 **h o u isU > £xti* Fa« I D ROSE .rtland 9 : 3 5 P I8e S tew a id es*. meals in C o ac h es ourist car*. LIM ITED »ortland 8 0 0 a m. aomy m eal, .e rv e d p Din«*- fortor »errtee Example: Round Trip Coach F a r . to Chicago t / * C LOW FA r e s O ffi c ia l p u b lica tio n fo r A m e r ic a n Legion post No. 88. B o n n e v ille , O re (Cntercil a s seco nd c l a s s m a t t e r at the p o s t o ffic e a t Hood R iv e r . O r e gon under th e Act o f C o n g re a s of M arch 3. 1*7» JO H N H T R A V IS E d ito r pflfiRlSSIvQ local Ment I*uhllahed e v e r y F r i d a y In the In te re s ts o f the B o n n e v i ll e D a m a re a hv th e Sun P u b lis h in g C o m p a n y , Inc St B SC U 1PT IO N One year UNION PACIFIC R A I L R O A D RAT . $1 30 • SHIT MO RIM UNION PSCtfK «
