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About Cascade Locks chronicle and the Bonneville Dam chronicle. (Cascade Locks, Or.) 1939-1939 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1939)
? t * I V* • wJ 4 Ni I I i 4 LlbRAuY CASCADE LOCKS CHRONICLE a n d T h e Bo n n e v i l l e D a m C h r o n i c l e Vol. \ I. Numlu ri ( \Si' V 1>L l (H KS BONN! \ l i t i » IMO \V II Nl 19.19 State Suprem e Court Approves Revenue Street Lights Go up in Cascade Locks Forest M an In ju re d ♦ Robert Klias of the Columbia Gorge Ranger Station is in the Good Samaritan Hospital in Por tland suffering from a cut eyeball as a result of an auto accident Fri day near Camp A. The truck which Elias was driv ing hit a stump and stopped suddenly, throwing Elias against the rear vision mirror which shat tered and cut the eye. For the past two years he has driven the fire truck out of the Co lumbia Gorge Ranger Station and this spring has been working on trail maintenance in charge of seven C C C boys. Umatilla Dam Included in Senate Hill B y-p ,iss Progresses ♦ City Wins Right to Sell Certificates Barnham Brothers, contractors on the Tanner Creek by-pass, are coming along about on schedule with their job, which at the present time is about 50 per cent complete. All work on the section west of the intake and at the outlet end of the • sALEM, Kaj 'i the »>'> "f Seventeen new privately owned A senate commerce subcommit- b) pass baa been completed <\ cept for placing the backfill and Cuacade Locks was gi\en authorit- and niuniepally operated street 1 t‘H' voUh1 Wednesday to restore to installing the hand rail. *’>' tho Supreme Court Wed lights are in operation in Cascade the rivers and harbors authoriza West of the roadway crossing. *" «»»)«»’ $00.000 in revenue Locks this week and -5 more are tion bill the Tennessee- Tombigbee near the Auditorium, a 20-inch certificates to enable the city to scheduled to be shedding light be waterway and the Umatilla dam fore the end of another week. projects, previously rejected by the water supply pipe line to the fish **c*iuire an electric power plant and hatchery was completed ami work- i distribution system, house. The sudden in flux of street men are now busy excavating and The high court, upholding Judge The latter would provide for a building forms for the by-pass. lights in Cascade Locks was due Fred W. Wilson of Hood River $23,700,000 dam on the Columbia to the offer of the City Council to Residents and workmen of Bon- County, ruled, however, that the river. Both were rejected bv the neville will be particularly pleased bonds must be advertised for sale, install and maintain street lights House on May IS before it passed to note that a four-foot sidewalk and must not be sold for less than on its own municipal line if pri the bill. vate individuals would buy the re from the Auditorium to the Guard 95 per cent of their face value. flectors. The lights could be The amendment restoring the House is nearing completion. Those provisions were not car bought reasonably from the Co Umatilla dam. which would be 120 ried out when the city council de lumbia Construction Company, who feet high and 7400 feet long, was cided to issue the certificates, used them as flood lights during offered by Senator Charles I.. Mc- which would he puid o ff by electric the construction of the spillv. Nury, republican, Oregon. power revenues. dam. The city brought the test suit Frank 1‘ rohaska has been plenty agumst City Recorder W J. Carl ♦ busy these days erecting these new B en efit D ance P la n n e d Mid-Columbia Softball League If Old Man Columbia River bad son. lights, even putting two and three The high court also held thut the 1 ♦ Standings on one pole, to take care of all the just kept rolling along instead of revenue certificates were not sub The second benefit dance for the T ea in W 1. I’ct. residents in that particular neigh Cascade Locks students that wish surging up and slopping into their ject to a state constitutional pro Hood River . • . o a- 0 1.000 borhood. | to attend the music festival at the hide, the powerhouse contractors vision limiting the bonded indebt Engineers . . O 0 1.000 The lights are supplied by Bon World’s Fair at San Francisco will would be much busier today. In edness of cities. • > 1.000 Stevenson .. 0 neville power that the city has been be held tonight at the Bonneville The opinion wus by Justice . .1 1 .500 V F. W. getting for some time. The fo r Auditorium, with Morey G raff and stead. the draft tube holes, which Bailey. .500 Bingen ........ . 1 1 mer reflectors were taken down With the Supreme Court decis j his boys furnishing the music. The until May 6 were humming with •> .000 Willard ....... . .0 the Bonneville Administration and dance lust week did not mnkc activity, are filled with dirty water ion rendered, the City Council of • } 000 Bonneville .. . .0 returned to the City of Seattle j enough to cover the expenses, so and the Inrgest construction job at Cascade Locks, at its regular meet - 2 Wyeth ......... . .0 .000 from whence they had been bor ] the dance this week has been Bonneville is virtually at a stand- ing Monday night will authorise rowed. pi anned. the advertising for bids on the bond J still until after high water. About Issue. The advertising will take The Bonneville V. F. W. was giv PISH COI \ l RECORDED en its first set-back in league com i the only progress made since the three weeks, which will still leave The following is the list of the petition when the Stevenson soft- I flooding has been on the west wall time to close the sale of the West fish passing over the Bonneville ball team overcame a 4 to 0 handi i which is well above flood water and Count Power Company's properties r , fish ladders during the month of cap to win, 10 to 5 in u game play- v . to the city of Cascade Locks before , which at the present time has been June 10th. the stipulated closing May. Other than these fish were ed at Bonneville last week. Other L l I l C S l i p V J l i n i C S poured to elevation plus 52, three date of the contract. *. thousands of scrap fish which were league games saw the Engineers | ^ all counted according to species. If this works out as planned, it feet under the roadway. H ! I«1'o r maintain an unde Manage! Frank Bradley o f the Chin. StTd Bl.B. Tot touted status, winning trom Bonne- Engineers’ team lias scheduled The high water that is curtailing «loes not mean that the City of Cas- May 1 ___ ___ 3310 348 4— 3662 ville a n d Willard respectively. SOIVU> strong outside teams to ap- the efforts of Mr. Hoffman is the I cade Locks will immediately be in May •> ___ 3050 238 4— 3292 Bingen broke into Hie win column p,.},r on the local field in the next annual spring freshet of the Co the power business. Many other May 3 ___ . . . .1259 144 1403 at the expense of Wyeth in a thrill- tw « weeks. So far no out of leagi c lumbia River. Most reliable sourc details have to be worked out, such 74 1 Mav 4 . . . . . 604 679 er, 11 to 10. The box scores: competition has been arrang« d es indicate that the peak discharge us appointnient of manager, rate May 5 . . . ___ 246 33 2_ 281 K Il E for Bonneville’s No. 2 team, due will probably come toward the last 1 schedules, ami accepting of the May rt . . . ___ 147 24 171 Power Company’s Stevenson .............. 10 1 1 to difficulty in lining up suitable of May or early in June, and will West Coast May I • . • .___ 15 106 91 opposition, but shortly it is ex be less than normal, probably property easements, right of wavs \ . F. W ............... 5 4 6 34 Mav 8 . . . . . . . 188 But It is ex- pected that Portland teams will be somewhere between 150,000 and and water rights. Batteries: Goepel and Warrei 44 .535 Hill, Bergman and Memovitch. Mav «I . . . 491 appearing here against this team 500.000 second feet. The peak dis | ported that the ileal will la- aetu May 10 .. . . . . 876 .39 i — 916 also. A brief resume >f these spe charge normally conics annul tin1 ally closed by June .'loth ami the R H E Mav 11 . 62 1634 cial games follows: 10th of June and averages about 1 dn\ of municipal light ami power — 1617 Engineers .............. 12 30 7 6 Mav 12 .. , ...1 5 8 7 j will not !>«• far off. SttO.OOO second feet. Thtirs., June 1 Julia Lee Bonneville .............. 5 4 7 May Ut . . 1957 1936 21 Monies are contained in the bond Wright Bakery of Portland. 1309 May 14 . . .___ 1246 52 it | issue to provide for extensive ex- .Batteries: Reimer and Peer; Mon., June 5 Woodbury Co., of 53 5 1538 Hinds and Cramblett. Mav j tensions and rehabilitating of the F \ MOI S EDITOR Portland. 19 6- 1 ! t:« M v 16 .. ___ 1 1 2 0 present system. Councilman have K II K 991 931 Thurs., June 8 S.'horn’s Bakery TO SPF M\ XT ItO W E A II LE 39 21 Mav 17 . unofficially expressed themselves Hood R iv e r ............ 19 13 0 of Salem Mnv 18 ___ 584 16 21 — 621 B F Inné, for years editor of . bei ng reluctant about having Willard .................. 12 9 8 13 rt- 414 Mav 19 .. .___ 395 Mon., June 12 Rose City Plat the Oregon Journal, ami now one *bis work all done at once, hut t«> Batteries: Meyers and Bradley; ing Works of Portland. Mn 20 . 211 18 •)•» 251 of its chief editorial writers, will | **Pr**»«l Itov er a considerable period Mav t l . . . 356 21 10- 387 Yandell and Prouty. Thurs., June 15 Bonneville be the guest speaker at the June I of tint«* in onler to insure ths- work Mav »#•> 26 15- 28 8 ___ 247 Project of Portland. R 11 E mc«,ting «>f the Sunday Evening lining «lone mo-«tly bv local labor 20 4--- 278 Mav 23 . .. . . . 251 Wyeth ................ 10 9 8 Club at Bonneville. Mr. Irvine 28 Mav 24 . ..___ 293 321 Bingen .. ................ 11 7 4 will speak <»n “ Community Clubs 16 9_ 29 1 Mav 25 . . . 269 Batteries: Seekel and W iggins nr.d th«' Progress They Have D is c o u n t O ffe re d 26 8— 591 Mason and Wahl. Mav 26 . . ___ 562 e Made." M i . . . . 488 Max 07 20 13— 521 Sunday afternoon at I p. m. the With the first of th«1 month, The meeting is as usual open • «> Official statistics at the conclu 38 3 - 381 Mav 28 . . .___ 340 Bonneville \uditorium will hr the G'omeg th«- advice to all water users Mav 29 . . . . . . 365 21 o__ 388 sion of the second week of play in if Jean tb<- general publie and I« held in in < uscadc I.««« ks to pay their water f the marriage the Civic Auditorium ut Bonneville 35 t — 610 the Mid-Columbia River Softball j RrM(jley. daughter of M i,nd Mr May 30 . . . , . . . 568 r«'nt before th«- tenth ami t»k«‘ ad League revealed that two Willard Frank Bradley, to Homer Sixh, Ix'gmning at 7:30 p. m. vantage o f the 25 c«'nts discount. players are heading the batters. son of Mr. and Mrs Everett Sish R oad O pen The new water elerk in the Cascade Kreese of Hood River and pitcher of Eddyville, Oregon. Mi«« Bradley ♦ Drug Store, wh.-re the lulls mnv lu* I C. C. HEARS KATE CASE Ranger Roy Weeman of the Co Hinds of the tail-end Bonneville will be given in marriage by her paid. I« carrying on «piite a «irlve team were leaders in run-scoring WALLA WALLA, Wash. The for rollections and assures the pub father, Frank Brudley and for lumbia Gorge Ranger Station re ports that the Forest Service road with five apiece. Kresse also has maid of honor she has chosen her interstat«- commerce commission lie that n«> discounts will be given to Rainey Lake is open hut that the the must hits to date with five. sister, Gloria Bradley. Mr. Sish will t'xlay o«>ndurte«l a second hearing after the tenth of the month. road to Wahtum Lake is still bW k- First baseman Peer of the Engin have as Best Man his brother. •>n applications for two trurk oper ed with snow and will not he open eers had been given the most passes Elwell Sish. Ushers will be Paul ators of The I>all<‘s, for freight to first base, with five. Averages Rarham, George Barham and Ed permits an«! a joint rate with th«1 OFFICERS C il W C E D until around July 4. o f players hatting over 300 to date O’ Neil. A reception will follow the Inland Navigation company * uptain C Chaplin commanding are on Page 4. ceremony, which will al«o be in the Rl II I TEAM WINS The area that would l>e serverl officer of th«* Wy«'th C.ÇC. camp Auditorium Mr. Sish i- employed The Engineers’ rifle team ac if th«- permits weie issued would tor the past several months, has by the Government on dredging complished something no other !> «• south through Men«l to Klamath been transferred to Cathlamet, operations near Newport. Oregon, team had been able to do all sea Fall«, «uist to Hums and Ontario, Washington ('upturn Ih-un, his a s w here the young couple will make son when Johnson Creek was de t«i B"i«e and other Southwestern s o c ia t e officer, hns resigned fr m th« ir home feated in a post-season practice li Idaho point«, mirili to Crnngeville, the service to enter prive match at Bonneville. The margin Lewiston. Kellogg, Multan, C« « ur ness, Lieut riant Shoal is of victory was 10 large Point i. BEAUTIFYING TIIE LAM d ’Alene nnd St. Man«1«. Idaho, and , charge o f the W veth « nrr Dick Welsh led the scoring for the ree« nf ly Balder Brothers, contractors on The gunrd station on the reser- to Yakim.i t.r iTid Coulee nnd New Lieutenant « I has three position«, with a 281. The j charge o f the ,. Shimnasho C C < ' ■ I • I 1 of t i I port , Wash. the Cascade Ijocks-Eagle Creek other four scorers for the locals camp .n ««'ritrai Oregon. Sixty of A parad«' «if witfn «■■- It tifi<d the Ixiys station««! at Wyeth were were: McCormick, 279; Turri«h. section of the watergrade High Ix«cks is in for a hit «if renovating this week with shake siding and to the advantages of having rates 278; Whitsett, 275; and Aue, 274 way, expect within the week to n«-w- roof improving its appearance established to and from the port formerly with bun at the central Naturally, the lads are proudly open the stretch o f new highway Kr,.„t]y Oregon «amp There are 196 boy* of Th«' Dalles, rrente<| recently : in camp at th«’ pr«‘«rnt time. “ sticking out their chests" as they from ( oscade Locks to the tempor look down the trail for other thr«>ugh c«>n*t ruction of B«inn«-ville scalps. _____ ary bridge over the present high dam All told of advantage-« that BENEFIT U \KD P \KTY SIDEWALK LAID way just west o f the old gravel pit. would come t«j and from The Dalles. A benefit card party to raise W 11 v 1 S \ > ROGER A temporary road t* being built fund« for a »ch«dsr«hip to «end The applicants for the permits, t J A V"' In this month's “ Courier," pub from the present highway just W G I-eon.rd and L W C W . tee- " ' ¿ l ' n / u ! £ £ 7 " *£" lishes! bv the irmjr engineers, is a west of the bridge, over the high at lea*t «Mie more Cascade Ixu-ks clever drawing o f s Bonneville ball way. to the new road. With travel child to the 4-11 summer school north " t‘ " a « I better ? * P -.r cw \ .,ro_ „ m north of The Dalles r“ was in fr„ m n? g ’ o a f n hi- player in rather close association routed over this grade the contrac at Oregon State College, is scheduled for the Odd Fellows with one of the “ dangerous kind." f ^.r perty «m Main Street Th,. little tors will start filling in where the The meaning o f the sketch is a temporary bridge is now and have Hall ia Cascade l>scks tonight «he Columbia nver be- tit o f riv.r improvement m e n . The affair will start at 8 e n . # of the twist.ng gorge high- that rt will be much easier to enter little hit too much for us, partic ularly since it is in a safety first the entire stretch ready for oiling o «lock and Isnrk will be serred way and the traffic r«m getion |the Lakesida Hotel and Mike when the travelling crew arrives later ia the eveahig. ; caused by metropolitan Portland. publication. L«ing’s Barber Shop B onneville Vets Lose to Stevenson H igh W ater Stops Pow erhouse W o rk B onneville Team N ew H ighw ay In Part T o O pen