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CASCADE LOCKS CHRONICLE
a nd T h e B onne vil le D a m C h r o n i c l e
1 VS( ADE L O C K S
Voi. \ 1. No..
River Traffic
Increases
Over Last Year
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( B y Morris Yennewitz)
Freigh t t ra ffic , according to
sta tistic s compiled by the U. S.
Arm y E ngineer O ffice at Bonne­
ville, is something of increasing im ­
portance on the Upper Columbia
River.
The following table indi­
cates the rapid expansion in t r a n s ­
portation of gasoline and wheat—
particularly g a s o l i n e — which has
occurred during the year 1939.
The total tonnage for the year of
1938 is shown us a Lias is for com-
pardon.
Contm«»nditi«*s tt«»ns>
Period
(■asoline
\\ heat
E n tire Y ear
27.642
of 1938 ............ . .44,857
1939:
1.121
Ja n u a ry . . . . . .4,763
5.281
F eb ru ary •• . . .3,345
4.452
. . .(>.058
March
4.420
April .......... . . 10,(582
3,(541
May ............ . . 12,389
18,915
Total to 1 >ate. . .37,237
The im portant fact shown by the
above table is not that the amount
of gasoline transported during the
first five months of 11*39 was a l­
most as g reat as that transported
during the entire y ear of 1938. but
that during 1939, the amount of
tonnage per month has doubled
about every two or three months.
Of course, th e present phenominal
increase cannot continue for long,
but indications are that by the end
of the year the monthly tonnage
will be close to double that for May.
At the present rate the total gaso ­
line tonnage for one year would be
about four tim es that for 1938.
In that y ear petroleum products
going upstream represented about
50 per cent of the total tonnage
through Bonneville lock and wheat
com ing downstream about 25 per
cent.
The balance ws made up
principally of logs, piling, lumber,
and sm aller amounts of m iscel­
laneous freig h t.
As a basis for comparison with
previous years, total tonnage of all
tr a ffic brought through Bonneville
Ixtcks for the year 1938 was about
three times the av erage total tr a ffic
on this stretch of river for the ten
years previous.
At present, practically all gaso ­
line and wheat hundled on the
Columbia River above Bonneville is
by two companies, the Tidewater
T ran sp ortation Co. and the Inland
Navigation Co.
The Tidew ater T ran sp ortation
Co., whose recent expansion in
plant has been causing the large
increase in t r a f f ic noted through
Bonneville, is now operating five
tug boats and five barges espec-
illv built for hauling gasoline in
bulk. In addition, four or fiv e o r ­
dinary tvpe barges are being used
principally to haul wheat down­
stream . The four newest gasoline
brges are equipped to handle
wheat, but as yet. have handled
very little.
They usually return
em nty to Fort land.
. . . .
..
The latest tug boat added to the
Tidew ater line is a 1200 h. p. twin
diesel boat called the “ Defiance
and was launched at Attuila some
tim e during the la tte r part of May*
It is 88 feet long with a i.3 j foot
beam, draws 4 S feet of water and
has more power for its sire Iban
anything ever seen on this stretch
of ’ the river.
The ‘Definnce
is
being used only on the upper river
above Celilo where many swift
rapids are encountered and much
power is needed.
The tugboats
“ M y stic" and " M a ry ( ¡a il” with
about
h alf the power of the
“ D efian ce." operate on both the
upper and lower stretch es of the
river, while the 100 h. n tugboats
»Continued on I ’ s g e Kight)
R ifle C lu b to Meet
Bonneville Team
The Hood River R ifle Club will
he matched with Bonneville F r i ­
day night of th is week.____________
F O R I in <*l VKDS
M l TO St HOOL
The annual forest guard train in g
ram p at B ear Springs on the
W apim tia
C ut-off
Highway
is
being currently held, scheduled for
Jun»‘ 27 28. 29. and 30. All fo re st
guard« to he employed on the
M m r.’ H»od National K rest are in
attendance.
HOLD c o i f i n i ; I 'll m o
Several members of the local
1 lb O. F. enjoyed a golfin g picnic
at the Hood River course Sunday,
the men having as their opponents
the Hood River Odd Fellows.
Those en joyin g the day were Mr.
and Mrs. Vernon llo e tr , Mr. and
Mrs. !.. A moth, Mr. and Mrs. Louie
Richart, Chuck Hill and Paul San-
I strum.
Requests Filed
On Right-of-way
♦
Requests for easement across
lands in six Oregon and W a sh in g ­
ton counties to be traversed by the
Bonneville power line network were
filed last week in northwest federal
district courts by the project's legal
division through U. S. district a t ­
torney's offices.
A total of $94.43(><5 has been de­
posited with the courts as the e s ­
timated value of the lands involved
in P acific and Cowlitz Counties in
W ashington and in Marion, Linn,
Lane and Benton Counties in Or
egon. T h e sum will be disbursed
to individual landowners by the
courts a f t e r possession has been
granted to Bonneville and s a t is f a c ­
tory proof of value has been shown.
Also requested by Bonneville was
title in fee to 4.14 acres in Hood
River County for use as a power
substation site.
E stim ated value
Was put at $2000.
F o u r of the easement cases rep ­
resent 20.52 miles of right-of-w ay
on the V aneouver-Eugene line with
an estim ated value of $44.535.
These practically complete the land
cases for rig ht-of-w ay on this line.
One calls for easement on nearly
18 miles of right-«‘f way on toe
Vancouver-Kels > line wi'b an e s t i­
mated valuation of $30,300 and one
ease involves 24.03 miles on the
I Bonneville-Dalles line with an e s ti­
mated value of $13,471.
Nearly $ 700.0(81 has been <le-
i posited in federal courts thus fa r
| by Bonneville in its land acquisi-
jtio n program .
Brolliars Feted
On 60 th Anniversary
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( use:»«!«* L o ck ' pioneers Mr and
Mr. and Mrs. t\ A. Brolliar, C a s­
cade Locks pioneers, celebrated
th«-ir t>0th wedding anniversary
Sunday at a party held in their
honor at the high school.
The program consisteti of the
B rolliars saying their m arriage
\o\\s before a beautifully d«vorated
flora! background and with Rev­
erend Weaver officiating.
Mrs.
Erwin B rolliar was maid of honor
and Erw in Brolliar best man. with
Nell Rae as flower girl. A ttend­
ants were Mayor and Mrs. Ernie
Mnnehester. Mr. and Mrs. R. J .
'V uner, Mr. a n d
Mrs. L ester
Sprague. Mr. and Mrs. August
Peterson. Mrs Jen n ie Madden and
1 rank Hall. J a c k Ridenour, b roth­
er of Mrs. B rolliar. gave the bride
in m arriag e
The Misses J e a n
Hardy. Donna Davidson, Eih>«*n
P rohaska. Je a n n e Orvis, Eihu-n
Sprague, Helen Rosenhack, Audrey
and B etty Kelsay h«*ld stream ers of
flow ers to form a corridor for the
bridal party to march through.
Mrs. Edwards sang. “ 1 Love You
T ru ly ."
Following th«* c on g ratu ­
lations o f their many friends the
B rolliars were seat«*«! Indore a
beautifully decorated cake with the
traditional bride and groom and
both an n iv ersary on it. Miss Doris
Petty san g two seleetions during
the dinner hour. Over 150 people
enjoyed the pot-luck dinner which
followed. The B rolliars were each
presented with a Lively bath robe.
The B rolliars were married at H a r­
rison. Iowa, in 1879. and moved to
C arson, Wn„ in 1890, where they
stayed several months before mov­
ing to th<* Looks wh«*re they have
since made th«*ir home.
Barge Capacity
Held No Treat
T o Railroads
J
It \IIV DAI O U T E R \ K K I V E 8
C ongratulations are going to i
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Nelson, who
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have a new baby daughter, born
C apacity of barges hauling petro­
Frid ay at the Hood River Hospital j leum from Portland to upper Co­
and who they named Nette.
-------------------------- .1 lumbia river ports is not grt*at
enough to constitute a threat to
\\ IN N \ B U Y A
railways, the president of a m ajor
S<H IK K K L ?
b arge line testifie«! her«- W ednes­
♦
Elsewhere in this paper in a day in th«* d o sin g minut<*s of a two-
classified advertisement o fferin g week in tersta te commerc«* com m is­
for sale a number of flying squir­ sion hearing involving railroads* re-
rels by Ern st Cooper of the A rm y quest to lower petroleum freight
rat«*s in the P acific northwest,
Engineers.
Cooper brought seven of these
Kirk Thompson, head of the Ti«le-
small anim als hack with him from water Navigation company, was th«*
Mississippi the middle of this witness who openly attnek«*«! th«*
month.
T h ey are very friendly «•«intention of th«* rail lines that
creatu res he says. Seven is a f«*w* more t r a f f ic would be lost to w ater
too many to keen s»> h«* is o f f e r ­ c a rrie rs if the roaat-to-lnland Em
ing several o f them for sale.
pir<- rail rates are not cut to a
schedule bas«*«l upon a 25 c«*nt p«*r
hunilredweight charge from P o rt­
land to Spokane.
Hearing Reaches End
Shortly a fte r Thompson left the
stand. Commissioner < ly«i<* B A it -
Frid ay night at 8:0<> d . m. in the chison adjourn«*«! th«- hearing and
I th«- 2 500-page record t«> t e s ­
city council cham bers tFi«* bids for
the sale of th«* < '«scad«* Locks City timony. Next step in the case will
Light and Power Bonds will be lie th«- pres«-ntati«m of oral a r g u ­
opened. Th** coeuncil mem bers are ments by counsel at th«- I. C. C.
Ju ly
more or less holding th»*ir brenth offic«*s in W ashington, D.
and k«*«*ping their fing«*rs crossed 27. A decision is not expected !>«•-
in hop«‘s that no oth er obstacle«* fore autumn.
will arise to postpone this impor­
"C ap acity o f river carriers c a n ­
tant event.
not be iru-r«-as«*d until n«-w <>quip-
Already Chess B razil, tem porary ment is provided,” Thompson de­
m anager of the power company, is clared. " T h is would tHke at l«-a.«t
busy clunking up on inventory and a y ear.”
g ettin g ready for the transf«*r of
He indieat«*«! that barge lines are
operation to the city.
now operating at top rapacit
in
hauling petndeum products from
PASTOR T R A N S F E R R E D
Rev. W. C. Cr«>nkt for th»- past Portland to term inals at T h e
year pastor of th«* churches at j Dalles, U m atilla and Attalia.
<'ompetiti»e R ale Sought
Cascade Ix x k s and Bonneville, was i
Th«-
alln*<l rail lin«*« ««{lerating in
last week transf» rred at the annual |
conference of Methodist Church«-* j the northwest again developad,
to the pastorate at WiMxlburn. A through t«*stim«my of II. E. I» u n s-
nucresaor to R<-v«*r«*ml Cronk has , bury, a»*istant t r a f f ic m anager of
the Union P acific railroad, that the
not as yet l*»*»*n nam«*d.
lower rail oil rates were proposed
t*i m«*«*t the rharg«*» of combined
MOV K TO U \S( O
Mr. and Mr« Fran k Reid of C a ­ barge and truck operations fr«»m
cali«* Ixx*k« Wednesday m"v««l to Portland to Inland Em nire point«.
“ If the lower rate» are not si-
W asero where Reid is employed by
the Sh erm an County Cooperative low«*«!," I/ounabury said, “ we will
b>«e the tr a ffic 100 per cent to the
C rain (»rowers A*so«-iation.
exten t o f the capacity of river f a ­
BUY S( VP POOH I K \ V II
cilities. and as river capacity is in-
Mr. and Mrs. Sanfor«! Hill ar«' rrca«**d. our loss will he rorre-
buying a ranch a t Srappoose
Mr »ponding "
Hill and son Joh n left t h e 'f i r s t of
I>ouni»hury «aid th at the compu­
the week and th«* rest of the fam ily ! tation of the proposed ra*es was
plan on leaving *os«>n to mak<- based upon a 7 S - r e n t- p e r hundred-
(Contln«»exl on Page F o u r1
their horn«- there.
Bond Bids to Be
Opened Friday
♦
F R I !» VN . J l \ »
HONNE\ II.I.K
I E V\ E S F O R M V R S H F IE I D
E verett B rolliar left Portland
Sunday for a position with the
Standard Oil at Marshfield
Mrs.
Elliot, his grandmother, is leaving
shortly to go down and keep house
for him while he i> there.
Mrs.
Elliott made her home in M arsh ­
field a g«*od many y«*«*rs before
! nulling ti* the Locks.
Fast Service
l lobby ot Railroader
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Harvey E. l.ounsbury, recently
appointed Assistant T ra f f ic Man­
ager of the Union P acific R a i l­
road with headquarters at Port
land.
Fust movement of merchandise
is a hobby with Harvey E. Louns
bury, who recently sueeeed«-d the
late \ S. Edmonds as head t r a f f ic
exccuctive of th«* Union P acific
Railroad in th«* Northwest.
Bef«»re ne advance«!, Ju n e 1«'«, to
the position of Assistant T r a f f ic
Manager, Mr. l.ounsbury was (¡on
eral Freigh t Agent for the Union
Pacific continuous!} since 1912 ami
ough fam iliarity with the freight
needs of the various eommumties
in Oregon, W ashington and Idaho.
" B v operating «<ur daily ‘Mer-
1 chandise Special' train from P o r t­
land to Boise and m ajor intermeil-
uit«* points." Mr l.ounsbury said.
| “we feel that the Union Paeifie bus
‘ gone a long way toward solving
shippers' problems in respect to
swift, efficient «lelivery of h*ss than
carload lot merehaniiise. T h is truin
permits late afternoon loading at
1 Portland ami eff«*cts early morning
i stor«- door delivery the next day.
| Through connections it afford s
| early morning «ielivery als«» st
Walla W alla, Y akim a, Spokane ami
Lewiston and at branch line points
in «-astern Oregon. Since its inaug
oration last March its popularity
with shippers has grown so that
we have had to put on athlitionnl
|ears to ueeoemmo«lute the inereas-
ed tonnage. It frequently c a rrie s
shipm ents to mor«* than 400 «lif-
feren t consignees.
A Ot NO SON \ K R I V E S
Mr. and Mrs. Ceorge D iffin are
th«* parents of a baby boy, who
arrive«! Monday, but hadn't seleet«*«l
a name for the newest m em ber of
the household.
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N o itl I HY I ) I I R \ S S I E R R E D
Noble Hyde, who makes his home
in <’¡«senile I .neks, and who has been
a radio op«*rat«>r on L ightship No.
88 out from the bar of th«- Colum ­
bia River, has be«*n re«-«-ntIy trnns-
fcrr«-<l to a light station in southern
Oregon.
He will report at th«-
«•on<-lu«ion of a month’s h*av«* of
absence.
Mrs. Hyde and sons,
Bobby and Noble, will accompany
him.
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Carlson Leases to
Hood River Man
♦
W J . Carlson, operator <>f the
Red i«n«l White s t o r e on the e a s t
edge of CiiM-n<!e Locks announce«!
this wi-ck the leasing of th«* store
an«l apartm ent pr<>p«-rty t«> Norman
Wilson ««f Hood River. Wilson has
already taken «»ver th«* prop«*rty
an«l has moved into th«* stor«* a p a rt­
ment with Mrs. Wilson and daugh­
t e r s , Norma Delores, 7, ami Ja n ic e
Ree, one month.
F o r th« past thr«-«- year« Wilson
has been with A. K. Bickford and
Son, «»ne of the ou tstsm lin g R«*«l
arid Whit«* stores in Hood River
vslle.
Previous to th s t tim«* h<-
mnnag«*<l a S afe w ay store in Hood
River.
Th< new msnag«*ment will oj>«*r-
ate on a strictlv rash and carry
basis, c arry in g the same stan«iar«l
lin«-s of goods.
e n g in e e r s
w in
Bv a score of 15 to (I. th«* B o n ­
neville Army E ngineers walk**«!
over the flood River team in a
Mid Columbia Softball L e a g u e
(f,im«* at H»od River Wednesday
night
Th«* E n gin eers sprang into
a six-point h*ad «*arly in the game
and maintained a *afe margin
throug the game.
HU1I.DH (. NR YHE
A A Dixon has
in the Moody tract
construction of a
he will use as a
present.
purchase,! a lot
and ha« start«**!
building wVii* h
garage for the
«0. 1*09
Sunday Club
Ends Season
Of Activities
Reviewing the activities of the
Bonm*vi.h- Sumlav Evening t'lub
for :he past season. ju*t term m at
«*■1. th« c«>nimitt«*e, c«»mpos«'d of
Ja m e s It tiillett, J P. Mac A us Ian,
F
,i
w
Anderson, Charles
v
R«»b«*rtson and Blanche North have
prepartsi tbi following review «>f
the club's m eetin gs;
In things worth while, many
time tIn- ,*o>t i> sav«'«I f««r th«* last.
Such was not th«* intention of l'b<*
Sumlav Evening t'lub of B onne­
ville. Every sneaker has been the
«'«pi »1 ot the »titer m bis p articu lar
line.
«>n Ju n e 4 residents «»f the C«>
himbia tiorg«* ami B«*nn«*vilh' ar«*n
w«*r«> privileged to meet ami listen
to hi ■ of.th«* grainiest «>1 O regon's
native sons, B. K. Irvine, of The
Oregon Jou rn al.
Even though he is deprive«! of
phvsieul sight his spiritual vision is
unimpaired.
His faith in men ami women is
real uml was i*vidt*m*«*«l by the r«*
p«*at«“d phrase, "w e are b«*tter than
we think we a r e ,"
Community Clubs, «•«> operative
organizations and s«K-i«*tu*s organ
ix«*«i, not for power and glory, but
for the benefit ami enjoym ent of
mughhorn were exam ples t»« him
of reason t»> say, " W e urt« better
than we think w«* a r e ."
When we know people, talk with
them, learn their problems, ex-
ehange congratulations and share
their sym pathies, suspicion umi ill
will have no place in that com ­
munity.
l o Air. Irvine all of these Hungs
spelled " N e ig h b o rlin e ss," which is
tiu* safeguard of civilization
Sundav, J u n e 18, was F a th e r's
Duy and to some ju s t a rainy S u n ­
day.
Scheduled as the lust m eeting of
'riu* Sunday E vening Club for the
summer, a program decidedly d if­
ferent was planned. The C o n sti­
tution of T h e United S ta te s , its
m«*uniug to the av erage Am«*ri«'an
citizen: Why there has been a one
ami one-half year's observance of
the C onstitution instead of one
«lay. The proclam ation has be«*n
»osl«*d in the post office lohhy since
uly 8, 1937. (1 wonder how initny
have r«*uil it 7 )
Celebration of F lag Dav recalls
th a t our uwn " S t a r Spanglial B a n ­
ner is a flag of <>ne of the young
est nations of the earth and y«*t
there are only thr«*«* <>l«h*r flags,
namely, Sw itzerlam i, Holland, and
Denmark.
L m s I, hut not h-ttst, the Fourth of
Ju ly , our Ainericun holnlay.
To
ad«'<piat«'ly ohs«*rv«* all of these re-
<iuir«*<l th«* commanding offi«-«*rs uml
«•««lor bearers of Am erican Legu»n
Posts of C orbett, O regon; Carson,
W ash .; and «>ur horn«- organizations
of V. K. W.’s anil American Legion
Post No. 8M ami their auxiliary.
Helen Clair«- Hodgkins of P o r t ­
land, who is 1U years old and al
r«-a«ly winning nutionul rtveognition,
played a nunil«er of vi«»lin selec­
tions. They w«*r«* well done, and w«-
are sure a g reat future Is ahead
of this little girl. Her m other was
her arcompanist.
Then for th«- C onstitution anil it««
definition. T h e re was a ju«lg<- of
th«- Ninteenth Jud icial Dialriet of
the Circuit
Court of Oregon.
Judg«- It. k ran k P eters was also
an American citizen willing to
think about th«- ( ‘«institution of The
L'r«t«-«l S ta te s of Ameriru ami bring
to the «-vi-ryilay living of all Am«*ri-
«ans a simple appli« ati«»n of the
far-reui hing blessings of this ( <»n-
stitution written 150 years ago
It was a simple, straig h t forward
speech by an earn est, honest man
and his warning that 'th«- C on sti­
tution can protect us only so long
as we protect it ," should make us
all sit «town ami figure ju st how
uur own a«*tions ami attitu«!«* a r e
l«eing interprete«l
Are we, whos*- birth righ t is this
Constitution and the laml It was
to protect, doiri^ our i»art t«> honor
the privilege given us; <>r ar«- we
by «»ur in«lifferenre <*r la«-k of in­
terest giving our country an«! its
1 institutions into the hands of those
| who are tin-American ’
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