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i I D COUNTY LIuRARY n L:l>r* r, CASCADE LOCKS CHRONICLE and T h e Bonneville D am Ch ro n icle \d l VSCADI LOCKS Vol. VI. X o . / Early Vote On Pierce Bill Not Likely The prospect- of having Walter Pierce's H. 1?. 196. calling for the construction of a federal sodium chlorate plant near Bonneville, brought to an early vote, appear very distant according to a letter received by the Chronicle from Pierce. Pierce is of the opinion that he will not he able to get the vote on his bill until next January - to quote from his letter he states, "The sticker has been the budget. The Agricultural Department has just been won over, within the last month, to take an active part in the weed campaign, will he the securing of cheap herbicides for use in helping the farmers make a clean up.” "Legislation that will go thru early next winter will, 1 am quite sure, allow the use of Triple C and W. P. A. labor to help in the clean up campaign and cheap herhicifle, with some subsidy from the na tional treasury. In order to get by the Budget that presentation must be this Fall by the Agricultural Department. Then, if they accept it. it is expected that they will, we will be able to pass legislation early in the second session of the 76th Congress.” LEGION TO MEET The regular meeting of Ameri can Legion Auxiliary. Bonneville Unit No. 88, will be held in the Civic Auditorium Wednesday. June 14th at 8 p. m. Officers will be nominated for the coming year and plans for organizing a Junior Auxiliary or sponsoring Girl Scouts will be discussed. Anyone wishing to contribute to the welfare box being assembled may bring clothing at this time. BIRTHD \Y t i l l BK VTLl» Mrs. Wilbur Easley arranged a delightful surprise party for her son, Wilbur’s, ninth birthdn-* on Tuesday afternoon. The afternoon was spent playing games and de licious refreshments were served the youngsters. Guest- were Dean Davidson, Dalton Borrall. Elwin and Roger Mikkelson, Bobby Rich- art. Jackie and Roger Dean Dean McKinnon. LADIES \ll> TO MEET \T CHURCH The Ladies' Aid will meet at the church next Thursday with a pot-luck lunch. Reverend and Mrs. Cronk expect to be transferred the first of Julv. but won’t know where they are going till after conference the 21st of June. Power Sub-Station T o Cost $8000 ♦ Site of the Bonneville power substation at Albany will cost ap proximately $8000. A check for that sum has been deposited in the Unit State* listrid at Portland ns the estimated value of a 9.46-acre tract. The property is located a quarter of a mile -outhweet of the former All >any college campus. Legal pro- ceed ng- to take title are hein * in- stitut’ d through United States At torney Carl C. Donough’“ office The Albany substation will serve Bonneville f w e r users in Linn and Benton counties. Bonneville officials nlso have started action to obtain title to 6.81 acres of land for the Eugene sub- sta’ ion This substation will reduce 1 ill«» power from 110.000 volts to voltages suitable for use by the Eugene municipal system and other power consumers in Lane County. Agreement already has h«»en reached with the owners of R «1 acre« Title is being sought on an additional tract of one acre a half- mile we«t of the substation control hr>u«e site for the erection of sup plementary building» A deposit of $3275 has been paid to the c urt as the estimated value of the two Eugene sites. INSPECTS FOREST V R E A K. E. Walker, landscape archi tect. Division of Recreation ami Lands from the Forester’s office at Wa-hington. D. I’ ., this week in spected the National Forest Areas in the Columbia Gorge. With Mr. Walkei wen T H Sherrard. Inspector of Recreation and former Forest Supervisor of the Mount Hood National Forest; Emmet BlanchficKl of the 1.ami- scape Divison of the Portland of fice and Forest Supervisor \ (V Waha, present Forest Supervisor of the Mount Hood National For est. After an inspection of the Eagle Creek Forest Camp Grounds, the party left for Lost Lake and Tim berline Lodge via the Mount Hood Loop Highway. Bonneville Counsel Studies Power ♦ liONM M l I i County Court Confers with Business Men The Hood River County Court, consisting of Commissioners Waldo Arens and Ralph Perry and Coun ty Judge C. D. Nickelsen. accom nunied by City Attorney Teutiis V\ vers, met Tuesday evening at dinner meeting with 35 Cascade l ock- business men in Cascade 1 ocks to talk over mutual prob lems. Thi- is the first time in the his- t >ry of Cascade Locks that the Hood River County Court had met v ith tile citizens of Cascade Locks : f r an informal discussion. The Cascade Locks people were appro-I it iv i o f the visit of the Court and of their committments and I opinions of the help that can be l miered the City by the County. The meeting was arranged by Mayor G. F. Manchester. Several Stevenson. Wash., business men were also guests of the evening. James Lawrence Fly, Bonneville general counsel, left Wednesday night for Knoxville, Tenn . and Washington, D. ('., where he will study further legal problems of power administration. He will re turn to Portland July 1. In Washington he plans to meet Secretary of the Interior Harold L. lekes and Acting Bonneville Ad ministrator Frank A. Banks for a discussion of Bonneville power pol One-half of the Eagle Creek- icy. Banks will leave for Wash Cascade Locks stretch of new water ington later this month. 1 grade highway was opened Monday At Knoxville Flv will be engaged morning to travel in order to allow on problems related to the pur the contractors a chance to fill in chase of the electric properties of the stretch of the new highway the Commonwealth and Southern where the temporary log bridge corporation in the Tennesse area. formerly was. He will also assist in the transfer The filling of this place will be of the Memphis Power and Light completed this week, but will have Company system to the City of to he allowed to settle for some Memphis. The purchase of the time, according to the engineers. Tennessee properties of the Com The contractors are moving their monwealth anil Southern by the operations this week to the west Tennessee \ alley Authority and a end of the stretch getting that in large number ol municipalities in condition to receive the oiling view volve- a price of $78,600,000. Ac- when it comes through. The sec qimiton of properties of the Mem tion now in use only has the pri phis Power and Light Company, a mate oil coat. Later when the subsidiary of Electric Bond and crew comes through, more rock anil Share Corporation, will cost the nil will be put on to finish the sui city of Memphis $15,250,000 and face and bring it up to grade. TV A $2,110,000. Stockholders of the two private utilities have ap proved the purchase agreements and Fly’s trip will be devoted largely to working out the legal problems attendant upon the trans fer of the property. The city council of Cascade W bile in the Fust, Fly plans to devote much of his attention to Locks Monday night called for tilds speeding the work on power con on $79,000 worth of revenue bonds, tracts for Bonneville. Before which are being issued to pur leaving Portland tonight, he an chase the West ( ’oast Power Com nounced the appointment of Adrian pany’s system and plant; use as S. T i.-her and William T. Martin to working capital; and to rehabili temporary posts on the Bonneville tate the obi system. The sale of the bonds is called legal statf. Fisher is law secretary to Mr. for the end of the month in time to Justice Frankfurter of the Su close the deal by the first of July, preme Court of the United States. which is the date the option to He also served on the staff of purchase the power company's sys Francis Biddle, general counsel for tem expires. The Cascade Locks power propo the Congressional committee which investigated the Tennessee Valley sition is handled through the muni cipality of Cascade Locks and not Authority. Martin for a number of years { under a P. IT. D as is being pro- was on TVA’s legal staff. At the | posed ill Hood River. pr« sent time he is engaged in pri vate law practice in Tennessee and handles special work for the Legion Makes Awards Authority. Both men are Harvard ♦ The American Legion bronze law school graduates. Fly will meet them on his trip ea t and expects | medal, awarded to the nu>st out them to report for duty at the standing boy and girl of the eighth Bonneville office about the middle grade, went to Irene Racanelli and of t hi - month. They will serve for Steven Memovich. Honor certifi I cates wi re awarded to Delori - Sei- a three-month period. fer and Keith Bixby of the seventh grade. Students winning the essay S \Tl RD VS. T ill 1)1 \DLI.\E contestn *pon»ortM i by the Auxil Tomorrow i Saturday) is the last iary* were Irene Racanelli, Jack day to |>ay your water ent to take I.eitbee it . Jean Wallace and Den advantage of th< discount. It ii nis Bixby. The poster contest was understood that the new water Won by Jesse Mo*so. derk i- rcnllv going to be tough in r* gard to water collections in the future. ( \ r ii p u m s i « c u s s At a recent meeting of the The card party wa* quite a Water Board, it was decided to success 4-H last Friday evening and have a survey made of all the water users in town to check on high scores in pinochle went to Mrs. Silver Perraa and I>**ter the numlsr of outlets, which gov Sprague. **500” awards went to ern the monthly bills. Mrs lilin and Karl Rosenback. Down from flood River were Mr. M i Ml MB1 RS LEAVE and Mr*. Jack Travis to attend the o f f M nday for a grand two card party. week» at the 4-H summer school at Corvallis were Audrey Kelsay. El II \S CLOSE C VLL eanor Sprague. Ted Iw»ngt<>n, Daryl Frank Olson had the misfortune Smellier and John Woodward. A f ter a several hours' wait at the de- to have a blood clot form in hit j-'t. the children boarded the spe- leg He wa* rushed to the doctor i ta! which already wa* carrying and fear was felt that he would 300, and wa* made up at Pendle have to have his leg amputated, hut ton. The Portland delegations was the doctor« operated and removed ai.»o going by tram. the clot H* is convalescing nicely Sector o f New Highway Opened ♦ Bids Called On Sale o f Bonds ♦ C VSl VDE I Ol KS Sl VIM Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sherwood and daughter returned Sunday from Richland, tire., to then home here. Wednesday the Sherwood.» drove to Portland where Mr» Sher wood and daughter will visit her parents while Mr. Sherwood "ill go on to Bend on business for the Cascade Mique tours. Charles Gus- taffson will have charge of a string of horses at Elk Lake and Lauren Thompson will be at Breitenbusb again this v ear. Both men were guests of the Sherwoods the first of the week. Mr. Sherwood is looking forward to what he hones will be a successful season this summer. I' K11 > W , .11 \ I 9. 1*0» Bond Buyers Are Still in The Market In all probability the bond buy er'. who agreed to purchase at private sale the Cascade Lock' rev enue certificates, will bid for the certificates as required by the Su picnic Court of the State of Oregon was the opinion of one of the bond representatives who attended the council meeting Monday night. The bond man pointed out cer tain features of the project that must be arranged before their bid will be submitted and at a special meeting of the council bq-t night, machinery was put in motion to take care of these request*. The main noint raised was the eomple M iss Mary Jeanne Bradley, tion of the engineering report and daughter of Mr. and Mis. Frank the actual setting up of the Cascade Bradley, became the bride of Mr. Locks Power and Light Company, Homer 1. Fish, of Empire. Ore., which include the appointment of son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Fish a manager, bookkeeper, ami tem of Fddyville. Ore., at a pretty eer porary field belp F’ rst notice of enionv on Sunday afternoon at 4 bids were published this week ill o’clock in the Bonneville Vmlitor the Hood River County Sun. The inni with Rev. R. V Fcdje of Hood attorney for the bond buyers de River officiating. The bride was 'cided after the notice was published given in marriage by her father, that something should be milled and Frank Bradley, who is in charge of a result the opening of the bids the finance section of Army Fngi as was moved from Friday the 23rd neers District at Bonneville. Saturday. June 24th. The pub The bride was attractively to lication of the call for bids has gowned in white lace and wore a been published in another paper in linger tip veil. Her bouquet was order to comply with the law with peach rosebuds with white sweet- in the time limit peas. Gloria Bradley, sister of the The bids will be opened on Sat bride and her only attendant, wore urday night, June 24th at the Ca» a princess gown of tank net and cade Locks council chambers at 8 satin with a little doll hat of pink p. m. With the determination of net and carried pink rosebuds and the buyer, the bond* will he printed lavender sweet peas. The ic £i*oom groom it is expected that hv June 29th was attended by his brother, Elw vn and a meeting will be arranged in Port ‘ i i Fish, of Empire. Ushers were Ed land, the lamds will he sold, the O'Neil, George Barham and Paul money turned over to the city, and Barham. turn will turn it over to A reception followed at the aiuti the city t in Coast Power Company. torium with the following close the If Wei the rourwilmen of Cascade friends of the bride assisting in serving: Jean Haw-kins, Vinrie Lock« are seen going around tear» Rnccinclli, Grace Ertemi, Velma j lug their hnir and running about Dunn and Betty Fish. The newly In circles, don’t he surprised, as is n tremendous amount of weds .left immediately for a wed there work to be done before the city ding trip to Salt Lake City, follow takes over the West Coast Power ing which they will make their system. home at Empire. The Council members wish it to Out-of-town gesta for the wed be made known l)\at they do not ding and reception were Mrs. Rollo contemplate an immediate drop in Lmigenecker and daughter, Joanne, of California, Mrs. C. Post and rates. The reduction will come as soon as the system is thoroughly Carl Edwards, both or Fddyville. organised, going smoothly, and the Mr. and Mrs. Everett Fish and superintendent can report that a daughter, Betty, of Fddyville and drop is advisable. Flw \ n Fit b of F !nipirf. V IS IFOR HONORED BY PARTY Mrs. William Keeler entertained a few friends last Friday afternoon in honor of her mother-in-law, Mrs. Hannah Keeler. Those enjoy ing the afternoon were Mrs Char Mid-Columbia Softball Standings ley Hngghlom, Mrs. Karl Rosen- VS 11, Prt. hack. Mrs. la'ster Sprague, Mrs. Team Krlm Rosenback anti Mrs Hilda Engineers . . . ___ 3 0 1.000 Olin Hood River . . ___ 3 0 L O O P 0 1.000 Stevenson < FI EltR V I ES Hath BIRTHDAY 3(H) V. F. W......... ___ 1 2 C. A. Brollinr was receiving the .333 Bingtn .......... ___ 1 2 congratulations of his friends and .0<H ) Willard ....... . . .0 2 neighbors Wednesday when he cel .1)00 Wyeth .......... . .. .( ) 2 ebrated his HMh birthday .000 B o n i n V i l l e . . . . . , .0 ;t Jeanne Bradley Wedded Sunday Teams Tied in Softball League ♦ The Bonneville Engineers, Hood River and Stevenson continued to maintain their undefeated status in league competition last week in the Mid-Columbia Softball League, ♦ winning from their respective op A total of 7..162 visitors regi* ponents, tin- V. F. W., Bonneville ! tered at the Fugle Creek Forest und Bingen. The toughest row to '« n ip Grounds in the Columbia hoe this week falls on the shoul ¡Gorge near the Bonneville Dam ders of the Stevenson rluh, which during the month of May, accord must heat Willard on the latter’s - mg to Forest Supervisor Waha of pasture to keep its slate clean. In , the M ount Hood National Forest. other league games this week, | Automobiles from the following Hood River should navi- no trouble ¡state* were re presented during the with the V. F, W. in a feature game i month: to l»e play red under the lights at Oregon, Washington, North Da Bonneville. The preliminary to k ita, California, Iowa, New Jersey, this game will Is- played by Bon Texas, Georgia, ’ North Carolina. neville and VV yeth, one of which is Michigan, South Carolina, Pennsyl bound to emerge with a win to its vania, Colorado. Tennessee, Ala credit. The box scores of games haunt, Minnesota, Arizona, New played last week; Mexico, Indiana, New York, Ohio. R II K Montana, Illinois, Wisconsin. Mis Bonneville .................... 6 4 & souri, Kansas and South Dakota. Mood R iv e r ................... 7 10 < ‘i Batteries: Hind* and DeTemple KETCHN FROM COULEE and f'ramhlett: Huddleston and Mrs. Jim Merrill and sons, Jim Bradley. land Dub, returned last week from Army Engineers........16 13 6 ja visit with Mr, and Mrs. Jack . . . . « 8 8 ¡Collins and son and Mr. and Mrs. Batteries: Wilson and Reimer; Helmer Sundsten and daughters at Bergman and M'-movitch. i Coulee, Wash. The )w >ys report a Bingen ..................., . . . 4 $ 5 grand trip and stated the company Stevenson ....................6 9 3 hail made the record cement pour Batteries: Mason and Wahl; Meb for all time while they were tn and Goepel. there, whirh was 20,060 cubic yards KY,-ntino«d on P a g * y u u r> I in 24 hours. 7,352 Visitors Stop at Eagle Creek v. r. w.