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.
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