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CASCADE LOCKS CHRONICLE
and The Bonneville D a m Chronicle
Vol. VI. No.,
Cub Group
At Bonneville
Going Strong
C ASC AI»» LOCKS
1 R o a d
M a n Burned
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BON N F \ II I l'
Nothing New
On Sale ot
Light Bonds
T o G e t R iv e r F r e ig h t e r s
IK 11 * \ \ . JI IN .»I. ISIS
Locks Men
On Thrce-dav
Inspection lour
Regular weekly river freight
service to The Dalles from Port
land was sta rt«! recently by the
, Shaver Forwarding c o m p a n y.
♦
I nder the present schedule, barge
The Bonneville Cub Scouts spon
leaves Portland Thursday night and
Messi s Hyde
\moth, Carlson
sored by the P.-T. A. and under
I reaches The Dalles Friday after- and Hesgurd lef last Thursday on
a
the leadership of Howard Short.
Nothing new has been reported \ noon, starting the return trip as a business tour. They passed up
Cub Master, are now well organ
this past week on the status of the soon as loaded. The barge carries \ ancoiivcr, Wn.
took a side road
ized and carrying on many worth
Cascade Locks City Light bonds general cargo and also is fittixl when thc\ got t.< ('entraba and
while projects.
Roy Lusch, Jr..
The city council is ready to go into with a 15.000 gallon tank for car saw the wonders of Mt Rainier,
Jimmy Rabideau and* Keith Bixby.
\\ heat usually Tacoma wn- the city doing the
high gear in the work of taking lying diesel oil
I»en Chiefs, are doing a wonderful
over the system as soon as John constitutes the cargo from The great deal of new building and
piece of work in hel ing in the W I K S E N D A N G E R S KN LI RTAIN Shuler, bond attorney, renders nr. Dalles to Portland.
thro they went on to Seattle where,
success of this organization for
One barge is now m service. No. according to Mi Hyde, they had
opinion on the sale of the bonds
Arthur
Allen,
manager
of
Tim
younger boys.
■42, which will handle 350 tons. o terribls time finding Fifth Ava
berline Lodge and Mrs. Aden were and they receive their money.
Last Thursday Mr. Short arrang dinner guests Tuesday evening of | Chess Brazil. City Light manag Two more barge- capable of carry I n ue.
ed a trip to Portland for the Cubs Mr. ami Mrs. Albert Wiesendanger. er. has been busy taking inventory mg 400 tons and 500 tons, reaper
From Seattle they took the boat
and getting everything ready for lively, may be put into service, ac ¡to Port Ludlow and on to Squirm
and the Pen Chiefs to hear Dr.
cording to ( ' C. Bennett, asso and the logging territory. Back to
the transfer to the city.
Lawrence M. Gould, noted geolo
The concensus of opinion of the ciated with the company.
gist and member of Byrd's first
Olympia and Mr Hyde can tell how
council at this time seems to be
expedition to the South Pole. I'r.
[they make a certain beer Giving
that within JO or 00 days after the
Gould presented an illustrated lec
I a very graphic illustration of the
■ system is taken over a rate reduc
ture on Little America.
procedure.
tion will be forthcoming. But, as
Transportation was furnished by
What they were primarily inter
| has been stated before, this will
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lusch. Mr. and
esii'd in was Die Pennsylvania Salt
I not be undertaken until the now
Mrs.. Lawrence Bixby and Mr. and
plant at Tacoma and the products
system is running smoothly and the
Mrs. Howard Short.
mnmifncttired there, which include
council is assured that such a move
21 different products with 1' spec
¡would be wise at that time from a
ialties.
The group’s last stop of
interest was the Grays Harbor dis
Arguments lor and against the j financial viewpoint.
The Oregon Voter. Portland htis;
trie! with its tdyw'ood plant and
organization oi a Public Utility
The year 1939 is better than chair taetory
Each employ around
District in Hood River county were | ness weekly, is fr 'ing somewhat » f
I a crisis. For the past two years 10.1s in the payment ol county •’60 men. Longview was given the
presented
before
the
Oregon
hydro
♦
electric commission ul Salem Fri I at least once a month this puhlien- taxes, according lo figures an nini over and back through Nan
The family chariot could go a day.
The debate found farmer I tion has had rather disparaging noimi cd yesterday by John 11. eouver and home.
long, long way on the gasoline pitted against farmer with the I discussion of the Cascade I.oeks Sheldrake, sheriff of Hood River
barged through the Bonaeville Grunge sponsoring the project and municipal power situation.
And County. In the first half of this
ship canal.
I
with
this
situation
soon
to
be year total tax returns have amount
the farm bureau and Taxpayers’
According to the office of Major league opposed.
straightened out a new victim for ed to $271,00(1, while in the same
period last year receipts were
Theron I). Weaver, Bonneville dis
attack will have to be found.
Teunis Wyers, attorney for the
trict army engineer, traffic of
But on the other hand perhaps $242,000. On the Airrent (ax roll,
petroleum products through the sponsors of the proposed district, the council should send Editor $217,000 had been reeeived before
canal has been the heaviest on told the commission that if u dis C. ('. Chapman a letter of thanks July 1, as compared to $210,000
Reports of $630.91 spent in an
record with 2,250,000 gallons sent trict wus formed, it was plunned for the splendid publicity given the in the same period a year ago.
effort to defeat the Public Utility
The difference in the sums of District at the recent Hood River
upstream from Portland in the first to acquire the present distribution "little city with the big future”
$271,000 and $217,000 represents election were filed this week at the1
10 days of this month.
At this system ol the Pacific Power & in his publication.
rate figures for the month should Light company and serve the city
Cascade Locks will have its own the amount paid in back taxes, it t minty Court house with one moro
is explained.
total 7,000,000 gullons of gasoline, j of Hood River as well as the rural power system very shortly.
report promised und three letters
The first half of 1068 saw 40'*,» sent out by the County Clerk ro
2,000,000 gallons better than June areas ot tne county. In an election
per cent of the taxes paid; the first ques) mg expenditures remaining
which proved to be a banner month, 1 last month the city of liood River
rejected the proposal to organize a
half of 1050 saw 62 per cent puid. unanswered.
engineers said.
Explanations as to contributing
All of which indicates that barge district while the rural areas fa
The Taxpayers' la-ague filed a
causes of improved tax collections list of expenditures amounting to
movement ox gasoline and other vored the proposal. It la within the
are varied.
However one local $614. » I. Donations uniounted to
petroleum products into the Upper discretion of the commission to per
citizen stated that "The best baro- slightly over this figure.
Columbia region using the mighty mit the organization of a district
A. S.
meter of the times is the per- Kolstad filed u report of an ex
Columbia as a thoroughfare is excluding the city.
Appearing
in
support
of
the
centage of tuxes paid.”
growing by leaps and bounds. At-
penditure of $26.20 which was
talia and Umatilla terminals are re- ! 1,*'UJ‘'11 were Wyers, Hood River
spent in opposing the measure.
C IV IL SERVICE
ceiving the largest share of the attorney; U. W. Perry, muster of
The Oregon Business Investors,
the Hood River Pumonu Grange;
Allotment of funds has been EX A MIN ATIO N STATED
shipments.
Inc., have notified the Clerk's
To show how this traffic is in .Mrs. William Munroe, state repre- made and the set-up arranged lor e
office that they would file a re
The United States Civil Service port shortly.
creasing, engineers cited the 2,600,- sentative, J. R. Forden, Walter oiling the Cooper ¿spur Road, be
000 gallons that moved through the Wells and Norval Shurtliff. Those tween the Loop Highway und Cloud Commission announces an examin
No reply has been received from
canal in July a year ago as com opposing the project included John Cap Inn, this summer, A. O. V\ aha, ation for Bluster, for filling vacan letters sent to the Pacific Power
pared to an almost equal amount I llounsell, secretary of the Hood supervisor of the Mt. Hood Nation cies in the position of Drill Runner, * Light, Portland General Elec
for the first 10 days of this month. River county farm bureau; H. S. al Lores!, announced ul the Legion Pneumatic (working on land and tric, and the Northwestern Elec
Lockages have jumped this year Galiigan, president of the Hood Climb campfire program Saturday water), in the U. S. Engineer Ser tric.
The announcement was vice, for duty on the Columbia
from an average of 25 daily to 62 River county Taxpayers’ league; night.
The Grange Power Committee
H. L. Shoemaker, Dan Pierson and made at the time Supervisor Wahu River, between The Dalles and had previously filed a reported
a day.
For the fiscal year iy40, the Bon Rory Collins. Opponents of the addressed the group, telling of I'mat ilia, Oregon, at $ 1.600 per total expenditure of $104 17 m
neville district of the army engi project objected to experimenting Forest Service projects contem- annum (Working on I .and) and favor of the district.
neers has been allocated so lar with the power problem while ! |P. lutcd in the Ml. Hood Nutionul $ 1 ,H(Ml per annum (Working on
W ater), according to Arthur J EASTERN OREGON TO
$2,088,500 from the rivers and har those who favor the district urged 1 r orest.
Speaking of Lost Lake, Waha Hansen, of the Hood Riv«
post
bors appropriation bill signed re haste in taking advantage of cheap
CONSIDER FLOOD CONTROL
slated that improvements in the office.
cently by President Roosevelt. The power from Bonnevill«.
i road leading to this gem of the
Applications must be on file with
largest single item on the alloca
The office of Major Theron D.
t ascades will come in time, but no the Secretary, Board of 1!. S. Civil
tion list is $1,124,000 for new work M a n y G et Jobs
Weaver, Bonneville district srmy
¡definite
announcement
could
be
Service
Examiners,
II.
S.
Engineer
on the Columbia river between ♦
made as to when improvements Office. Bonneville, Oregon, not later engineer, will hold a public hearing
Vancouver and Bonneville.
This
at Arlington at 1:16 p. m., August
More people went back to work would start. He did, however, tell than July 31.1 ‘.139
will pay for carrying out the sec
I, on the matter of flood control at
in
Oregon
in
June
and
fewer
oi
the
plan
to
build
an
organization
Full information may be obtain
ond step in the Columbia's develop
Alkali
canyon, Oregon. Interested
checks
lor
jobless
insurance
were
camp on the south side ol the lake. ed from the Secretary, Board of
ment as a transportation medium
parties are urged to attend.
A
group
ol
buildings
are
to
be
C
S
Civil
Service
Examiners,
Post
and will provide channel dcmuTëf
1 ,,a“J than
m an> r,-° u nt
uc'
-| Bids for dredging a chunnrl in
*
I , iit'il : l u r
t > . l i . > v I it » ,
n i . i i m L . o » , .
u l
20 feet. The iinul project depth I cording to the state unemployment consirueted there, including u large office, this city, or the Miu.agcr. ! Sknmokawa rr.-.-k, I., f v*.
|tr..».ks
coinpensation ioniin».-su n.
combination d i n i n g
room and
calls for a 27-ioot chunnel.
A
new
all-time
high
of
»490
Kitchen,
.ioxloti
fe
e
l,
winch
would
•ral
Dredging at the mouth of the
Right open-
Bonneville canal draws a $263,ooo placements was registered by the stat l.»o persons.
S Civil Servie«
new work allotment and $.»12,000 Oregon state employment service iront shelters are to L»c built, each Board «
lor operation and care. Raising of and 77 per cent of them were in to accommodate eight sleeper». mers, l S. Engineer Office Bon*1 st 3 p. m „ J u l y 28. The amount
the Bridge of the Gods and the private industry. In addition, the Shower baths and wash rooms will neville. ( >regon.
to he removed is 6(88) cubic yards
Hood River bridge, noteworthy en service placed a total of 0186 also be included in the project. The
to provide a channel 76 feet wide
Ilmioer
on
Trip—
casual
workers.
June
was
28
per
camp will be leased to vurious
gineering teats, got the Bonneville
and 6S feet «|eef at low water.
M
*
-darnos
Silv«*r
Perras,
John
cent
more
than
May,
commission
j
county
organizations
or
church
district $550,000. The Bridge of the
Dredging distance is about 1200
groups who care to take advantage C. W 004 {ward. Poto I«ee, Ala- John f«*e t.
Gods will be raised 45 feet, with figures showed.
son visit«*»! Mrs. Jim Morrill, who
As a result of this activity the o f it.
work to start this fall on the ap
Construction of a shelter fur is convalescing in th«* Emantnd
proaches. A lift span will be in active file of job applicants for
PLAN BIG CONVEN LION
stalled in the Hood River bridge the state reach'd a row low of skiers on the Cooper Spur ski area hospital nnd Mrs. Johnson’s son,
B«>h,
who
undorwent
a
r«*«'«*nt
«»p«*r
is
another
project
announced
by
47,114,
which
was
a
drop
of
16
and the grade will la* raised.
Th. I convention of inde|>crtdent
I nder operation and care, The per cent from May and 38,000 less I Waha. CCC workers will be moved ation for removal of the eyeball' telephone men, schedul«*«! to be held
within the next few weeks from after an injury.
Dalles-Celilo canal receives $2»4,000 than at the beginning of the year.
in 11 « »««I River ne x t y«-ar, will be
Total benefits paid over the state Sherwood t amp and Robin Hood
to place the canal in good working
h joint convention of Oregon and
llend*
to
Sr«
Again—
order. This will require closing the was $.306,100, a reduction of 3S < amp on the Mt. iiootl Loop High
Mr and Mrs Noble Hvd«- jour XV a* bmgton telephone men, Georg»*
river at this point to shipping for percent from May. Since January, way to the ski area.
n«-y«*«l
to Astoria Monday where 0 Muhlr. superintendent of the
i'ussibility of cleaning up the
about 60 days.
Work will com 1038, when benefits began, the com
1 tregon- Washington T e I v p h «» n e
mence when river shipping is at mission has distributed approxi Cooper Spur ski trail, from the Mr. Hyde boar«i«*d the I'mntilla Company, announce«! this week.
Lightship
No.
2,
where
he
will
junction to Tilly June Camp was
lowest ebb, probably from Decern- mately H\ millions.
also mentioned by the supervisor -pend th«' next month. Mrs. Hyde W ord From
lar to February. Maintenance on
\broad
us a possible project for this year. returne«! by the new W olf Creek
the Columbia and tributaries large
TO K\ \M IN K DK1\ ERS
•mes
from Pearl Urmey
Word
comes
highway.
have always advocated a suit-
ly taking out rock pinnacles, will
from
Stockholm,
’ Sw»*den, when*
Tho
examiner
of
operators
and
able
»h«-lter
house
on
the
summit
require $50.000. To maintain the
"be «nil her sister are on a tour
___
hauffeurs will be in Hood River of Mt. Hood, America's rnosl- I ndrrgoes Operation—
present 5-foot channel on the Snake
They landed in
T«*d Hauser, genial manager of this summer.
river and to remove snags and Tuesday. July 25, 1039, at the c l i m b e d mounLain," .Supervisor
Chamber of Commerce, between Vk «ha staled.
He contmuird to the lakeside Hotel, left last Week France and after a short stay, went
debris $55.500 was allocated. |
animations and surveys on about the hours of 10 a m to 6 p. m.. explain that the difficulty in con- for Tobaaaoville, North Carolina, to to Belgium. s|»ent one «lay m Cer-
14 flood control projects will re res pectively, according to a recent strutting such a budding was se- visit his brother and will visit the many, an«l on to Denmark, and
were taking a boat cruise from
announcement released from the curing the right type oi labor for New York Fair while back east.
quire $50,000.
Storkh«>lm when they wrote.
Secretary of State’s office.
j constructing such a building in so On fishing Trip—
Visits in P«»rtUi»d—
All those wishing permits or li-
a spot. It was announc-
Frank Prohaska is enjoying a
Mrs Ida Grandstrom and daugh- censes to drive cars are asked to <■<». however, that the material for few days of fishing with his son, Visit Hospital Patient* -
Mr and Mrs. C. C Chapman at
ter. Crete hen, visited friends in get in touch with ths examiner , 'b** building on the summit
Don, of Klamath Falla, on the tended the Eastern Oregon Pioneer
[during these hours.
been in storage for a year.
Portland over the week-end.
rivers near Bend.
meeting at Fossil Sunday.
Jack Dooley, employed by Rub
ier Bros., was quite severely burn
ed last week when a valve he was
tightening broke and oil heated to
450 degrees poured over his left
arm. He was given first aid hero
by I'r. Wells and taken to the
Hood River hospital.
Approxi
mately 1(HH> gallons of oil were
lost as it was impossible to make
any repairs.
Hood River
P.U.D. Argued
At Salem
Tax Returns
Higher in First
Half of 1939
Barges Carry
Much Gasoline
Campaign Expenses
On P.lJ.l). Tiled
Major Projects
On Mountain
Announced
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