Cascade Locks chronicle and the Bonneville Dam chronicle., August 04, 1939, Image 1

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CASCADE LOCKS CHRONICLE
and The Bonneville Dam Chronicle
Vol. VI. No.
CASCADE LOCKS
/ 7
FRIDAY. Al CA ST 4. 1939
BONNEVILLE
HIt,IIIN V\ BI DS R E i ’ ElY ED
TO B l 11 1) NEW W HARF
The new wharf recently placed
The E. C. Hall Company of
near the mouth of Eagle Creek for
Eugene, with a bid of $47,756, was |
swimmers to use and for boats to
low bidder on construction of 0.69
Events For I.O.O.F. Picnic
land their passengers has proved
mile grading ami bituminous mac­
so popular and receives such
adam surfacing on the Warren !
I heavy use that Forest Hanger Al­
, Creek section of the Columbia
G O V T G R O U N D S CA SCADE LOCKS O R E
bert W’iesendanger has been auth­
River Highway, the Oregon State! ♦
•
orized
to
replace
the
present
wharf
Highway Commission announced | Sunday, August 13. beginning at
AUG 13. D>3«
Acting Bonneville Administrator
with
a
larger
one.
The
wharf
now
i
Thursday.
On construction of the U> a. in. is the time for the annual
F. A. Banks this week made public
east unit, of the Troutdale-Corhett Hood River County Odd Fellow
additional power rates he has sub­ in use will be moved across the
Program Starts at 10 a m
section and Bridal \ oil Benson I’ark Association Picnic to he held this
mitted for Federal Power Com­ water to the opposite shore in
order
that
swimmers
when
swim­
section of the same highway, in­ year on the old lawks grounds at
mission approval, designed to per­
Children s Races and Games
cluding 4.13 miles of clearing, 0.6 Cascade lawks.
mit districts, cities, utilities and in­ ming across stream can have a
mile grading, and 1.95 miles rock
dustries to buy power to meet their place to rest before returning.
Bovs Races Ages 6 to 10 10 to 13 M to 16
Baseball game ., contests for all
toe cinhunkincnt construction, Mor­ the family together with free
month to month needs. For the past
Girls Races Ages o to 10 10 to I l H to It'
rison Knudsen Co., of Boise, was coffee, ice cream ami milk for the
week the Commission has been
low bidder, with $89,930. Eleven children, will b«> on the bill of fare.
studying t h e s e schedules for
Fathers vs. Sons Softball Gann*
construction firms submitted bids The picnic is staged each year by
“monthly” a n d “dump” power,
Mothers vs Daughters W ater Carrying Race
on this project.
which are intended to encourage
the thr«*«* D«i«i Fellow Lodges of the
early utilization of all power avail­
county, Idlewildo of lloo«l River,
Softball Game. Hood River Picnic Assn. \s Portland
able at Bonneville Dam.
Kemp of Odell, Cascade of Cascade
Tug ol W ar
Most important of the suggested
Locks, and the Eden Encampment.
rates is a schedule which permits
In previous years this annual
Horseshoe Pitching
purchase of power upon u monthly
affair has been held in the upper
M an and W iie R ace
Lnisis, at a cost of '*c per kilowatt
Hood River valley hut this year it
Wednesday afternoon water was
hour, plus a demand charge of 75c run through the newly completed
was decided to have it under the
Hal Men s Race
per month per kilowatt. Minimum Tanner Creek By-Pass and the
spreading trees on the old reser­
Eat Women s Race
charge for this service would be $107,000 contract held by the Bar­
vation.
All the Lodges of the
75 c per kilowatt of contract de­ ham Bros, of Salem for the con­
Gorge have been invited ami it is
Barefoot and Shoe Race
SALEM, Aug 1 The state hydro­ expected that there will he quite
mand. The schedule. Administrator struction of the fish ladder and the
electric commission Tuesday issued a number of outaiders present.
Baseball Accuracy Throwing. Men and Women
Banks said, is designed particularly bridge over the Bradford Island fish
a proclamation creating the Hood
to meet the requirements of smal­ ladder was nearing completion.
Seventeen priies have already
Potato Race
1 ltivei county people's utility dis­ been
ler districts, cities and utilities
donated as this issue goes to
trict.
embracing
virtually
all
of
the
The new canal and ladders
P n :e s and him
which are likely to operate at a low
press
and the picnic is 10 days off
tarritor) within the Hood River
load factor for the first few years. which completes present plans for
so that it is expected that there
valley
with
the
exception
of
the
The proposed rate also will be help­ ladders and other units for the
will be contests going ull day long
city of Hood River.
handling of the fish over the Bon­
At a recent special election held in order to be able to distribute
ful to purchasers now owning their
in Hood River county the rural the prixes. The great majority of
own generating facilities and desir­ neville Dam, is mainly for the
fingerlings coming down the river I
territory voted for creation of the these have been donated by Cas
ing firm power to meet their peak
and the trout and small fish going
people’s utility project, while the cade lawks business men.
requirements.
FINED FOR LEAVING FIRE
city of Hood River voted against.
up
the
river.
Small l sers Benefit
The
majority vote was favorable to
Walter
Miller
und
party
of
Port­
The upstream end of this by-pass •
The new schedule— known as h-1
land recently appeared before Ju s­ the district,
Cigarette Starts Fir#
is
just
above
the
east
end
of
the
I
will supplement the existing
Valuation Reduce«!
tice of the Peace Strunuhan and
♦
locks.
It
extends
through
the
cen
-1
rates for firm power of $17.50 per
A cuielcssly discarded cigarette
In eliminating the city of Hood
wus fined $4 und costs for leuviug
kilowatt-year along the transmis­ ter of the reservation and empties I
was
the cause of a brush fire uloiig
River
from
the
district
the
assessed
u
camp-fire
burning
unattended
at
sion lines and $14.50 per kilowatt- into Tanner Creek.
valuation is reduced from $8,699,293 the Multtiomuh Fulls trull last
the Wnhtum Lake camp.
year at the damsite, both of which
Wednesday night.
Any person finding n fire should to $6,262,l i t .
Directors of the new district cer­
will continue in effect. The V*c rate
The fire wus first noticed blazing
promptly report it to the Columbia tified by the hydroelectric commis­
will be cheaper than kilowatt-year
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 Though Gorge Hunger Station, Forest
on the steep side hill near Mult­
sion
included
A.
('.
Johnaen,
Mrs.
rates for purchasers whose “load
bills amending the Bonneville act, Service officials announced.
William Monroe, Ralph W. I’erry. nomah Fulls by Albert Stromkiat,
factor" is less than 40 ' < —that is,
one by Senator Me Nary and one by
James R. Forden ami Norvnl Ruy Slenning, Clinton Wridw all
electric systems which keep the
employed at the Multnomah Fulls
Shurtliff.
Representative Pierce, have passed
power in use less than 40' r of the
Lodge. They left ut once for the
New District Authori/tsl
each branch of congress, they are
time. When use of transmission ♦
The law provides that in cases tire taking with them sonic gunny
under
different
numbers
and
not
line power reaches 40'7 load factor,
where certain parts of ii proposed sacks and hy midnight thought
WALLA WALLA, Aug. 1.—In­
“kilowatt-year” rates wi l l be augural shipment of bulk wheat enough alike to substitute one for
people’s
utility district vote against they had
f 'rM °ut.
*(•» burn­
the other.
cheaper. ,
organization the hyilroelectric com ing In rotten wood and the next
from the Inland Empire to Port­
If
more
nearly
identical
the
sub­
To make full use of seasonal land in the first vessel constructed
mission may create a district of morning waa noticed smoking up
that territory which v«»te«i favor­ again. Tha Forest Service waa no*
power available at Bonneville Dam, exclusively for wheat was made stitution could be accomplished and ♦
Acting Administrator F. A. ably.
Administrator Banks has submit­ from Port Kelly, 40 miles west of the measure could be sent to con­
Banks Wednesday assured officers
This can he done only when the notified regarding the fire until
ted for approval of the Commission here, Sunday afternoon when the ference for adjustment of the dif­ of
tile ROW Hood River P.U.D that
covering tip- entlr« projaet Thursday morning at 8:16 u.n
a "dump” energy rate of fcc per Walla Walla Grain Growers co­ ferences. Representative P i e r c e Bonneville power will he available rote
when Columhia Gorge Ranger Sta
favors creation of the district.
operative sent 18,000 bushels from
kilowatt-hour.
tion received a telephone report of
this valley down the Columbia un­ has gone to work to straighten out to them within a year.
“Dump”’ power, which would be der tow of the new tug Defiance the parliamentary procedure, but
The 110,000-volt transmission
the fire from an employee of Mult
especially useful to industries that of the Tidewater Transportation is doubtful us to success within the line to Hood River will he COM*
Bit. \S|| TRAY« B l' II.T
nmnuh Falls Lo«ige.
pleted by June 30, 1940, Banks
short time before adjournment.
can expand their operations when company.
Charles Sigl, Columbia River
Along Eagle Creek trail at all
The bills are alike with regard to said. Virtually all light of way
this cheap energy is available, will
About 18 hours were required for
Fire
Patrolman left at once for
be sold both at the damsite and the first of regular trips to Port­ establishing the Bonneville admin­ except one short stretch of orchard r«*»t benches where smoking is the fire taking with him 20 CCC
land has been acquired, he said. permitted small empty one-|x>un<l
along the transmission lines. It also land in the new all-wheat barge* istration as an office of the interior Construction
bids will he opened in coffee cans painted re«l have Iwcn Boys. The fire was trenched and
department
under
explicit
direction
each
of
four
or
five
days.
The
will be available to all public and
of Secretary I ekes. The Pierce bill, mid-September.
! nailed to the benches. A Forest under control hy 9 a. m. A patrol
all-steel
vessel,
having
a
capacity
private systems, except where the
"Delivery
of
power
to
the
Hood
however,
"fixes
the
salaries
of
more than 20,000 bushels, was
Service shield has boon stamped on was left on the fire for the rest of
administrator is convinced that if of
launched Saturday night at near­ assistant administrator, chief en­ River district will, of cojrsc, d«*- the outside of the can facing the the day.
this type of power were sold to an by Attalia, where it was construct­ gineer and chief counsel at $7600, j pend on the acquisition of a dis­
applicant, p u b l i c inconvenience ed for the Tidewater company and while the McNury bill provides tribution system by the district,” trail. The red color of the can
| Banks said. "We shall he glad to causes the smoker to realiie the
MEAT SCARES TO I RISTS
would result during periods in is the sixth in a fleet of steel $8000.
The other chief difference is that ussist the district in everv way in fire hazard and he places matches,
A decided slump in tourist regis­
which its supply must be curtailed. barges. It measures 130x35 feet
solving its engineering and ac­ and cigarette stubs inside the ran trations was noted ut the Hood
The proposed new rates. Admin­ and draws about 5 feet 6 inches of the Pierce bill would extend the counting
problems.”
time
for
reservation
of
50
|
ht
cent
instrnd of throwing them away.
River Chamber of Commerce dur­
istrator Banks believes, will be water when loaded.
Banks said the proposed monthly
of the power for municipalities und
Three
days
will
be
required
for
ing the hut spell last week. Only
more suitable than the previous
rates
for
wholesale
energy,
if
ap­
power districts for one year, that is,
about one-third of the usual num-
secondary power schedules which the journey to Portland and return until January 1, 1942. The McNary proved by the federal power com­
and about three hours’ loading time bill contains no corresponding pro- mission, should he especially h< lp-
I mt of tourista stopped for out-of-
they will replace.
was required Sunday to fill the four : vision.
i ful to the Hood River l’.C D. Undet
state certificates, Elate Rogers,
"kilow att-Year" Stays
corner hatches. A. Eugene Kelley,
Parliamentary differences were the suggested schedule, the dis-
Chamber secretary, reported. It ia
Existing "kilowatt-year” sched­ manager of the Grain Growers and
hurdled with respect to the Mr- i iriet need take only the amount of ♦
assumed that tourists either stop­
ules for prime power will be contin­ several workers who constructed Nary- Pierce bills providing for dis­ power required for its nionth-to-
Three times more Steelh«<ads are ped traveling during thoae hot days
ued. Several minor changes will be the barge, accompanied the new tribution of the Klamath judgment month needs.
gilding nvrr Bonneville dam than or traveled to cooler regions in
made to facilitate use of these an­ vessel, an empty gasoline barge fund. These bills were practically
all other species of c«iible fish com- mountaina or on seaahore.
and
the
Defiance.
nual schedules. Power at the dam­
identical and upon motion of Sen­
bined, according to the latest fish
Before leaving Kelley said “We ator Holman the Pierce bill whs Th« Dalles Bridge
site rate of $14.50 per kilowatt-
Oregon fish commission.
On July 28, th«* total number of
year will be available not only to are already purchased up to the substituted by the senate, which Deadline Extended
M ANY AT GRANGE PICNIC
limit of our ability to move wheat
migration statistics furnished by
Two hundred and forty-three
industries, but to public or private during August and are starting to sends it to the White House for ap­ ♦
distribution systems whose prin­ get wheat now for September de­ proval.
WASHINGTON, July 31
The . Stcelheads checked over the dam memix-ra of Hood River and Wasco
house
cipal load is consumed within 15 livery.”
>use approved and sent to the reached the season's record of 2800 County Pomona Granges held their
senate Monday a hill extending the I here were 777 Chinooks ami 329 picnic on the Eagle Creek Picnic
miles of the dam. Banks pointed
One truck, which hauls a 20-ton
time for completing a bridge across Hluebacks During the <*ntire week Grounds Sunday, July 30. A special
out that this new provision would load to the riverside, is moving the
the Columbia river near The Dalles Iwginning July 22 SD-elhond mi­ table had been reservml for tha
be particularly beneficial to the wheat from the Grain Growers’
f«»r two years fr«.m March 4, 1940. gration led afl other species, al­ group and a large American Flag
municipal system of Cascade Locks county elevators at Spofford, Ba-
No further construction would though there was a distinct mid­
ker-Langdon,
Walla
Walla
and
Sa-
\
and to Skamania County P. U, I).
. ) m - permitted until plans are again week spurt of Chinooks, probably hung over the table. The group
polil on u day-and-night schedule. +
(Continued on Cage Four
th«- "leftovers" of a run reported appreciated very much tha work
Et GENE, July 28 Possibilities
The second shipment will be the of Bonneville power for Eugene are authorized by the war department. a week earlier in Astoria.
the foreat service is doing in tha
first made from the new Clarence still in the balance, it was stated
Hluebacks are running light, but Columbia Gorge area along recrea­
HIGH M \ILK REACHED
Braden elevator at Port Kelley, Friday by J. W. McArthur, super­
steadily.
tional llnaa.
W e d n e s d a y the temperature where about 15,(KM) bushels are ex­ intendent of the local municipal K ASTERN 8 COLT 8 AT
pected
to
be
loaded.
I
AGLI
(
REEK
reached its highest point for this
electric plant, after receiving in­
EXTENSION VOTED
The barge arrived at municipal formation that a "small-town" rate ♦
summer on the recording thermo­
I I It I I X T IM .l ISIII 1»
W
a s h in g t o n , d . c . — t w
Boy
Scouts
frtim
Troop
24
of
the
Terminal
No.
4
Monday
night
for
meter at the dam. Ninety-eight
had been proposed by Frank A
A small fire, near the east end of
h«.u»r passed and sent to the sen
delivery to the North Pacific Grain Bank«, acting administrator of the National Capital Area, Washing
d e g T e e s w a s the figure reached. Grow-ers association.
ale Monday a hill to extend for the Mitchell Point tunnel, on Fri­
ton,
D.
campili
at
Eagle
Creek
dam.
Other temperatures are shown in
another year—until January 1 ,
A clam shell bucket is being used
The rate would permit purchase Forest Camp. The Scoutmaster in 1912 preferential rights «*f pub­ day, July 2 !, was rapidly brought
the chart on this page.
for unloading
of power on a monthly basis for 'harge of the group, John D. lic poarr agencies, and coopera­ under control by Forest Servtca
*« cent per kilowatt hour, plus a Chandler, stated they are traveling tive« to contract for not lr«a than Firemen arid 26 <‘CG enrollees. Tha
flat charge of 75 cents per kilo­ 15,000 miles in 76 «lays and visit­ 70 per cent «»f the electrical en­ fire apparently was atartad by
watt. (The first charge is made ing 33 States and Canada.
ergy produced at Bonneville dam some careless person throwing
for current actually used and the
away burning material.
in Dragon and Washington
second for demand.)
Date
Blurbs, ks
( 'hinook
Strelhrad
Temp.
"Much depends upon the supple­
TO Hl'ILD Oll. WAREIIOI HE
mental arrangements in a contract
July 2 1 . . .
548
1152
91
for power.” Mr. McArthur indi­
Materials for the construction of
2
*)
N O T IC E
July
........ . 353
1106
717
cated. "We had hoped, however, a new gas and oil house have been
July 2 3 ....
that the demand charge per kilo­ ordered for the Columbia Gorge
443
1497
477
95
watt would he less.”
r<> .ill electric light consumers formerly purchasing power
•
July
415
1384
82
.. 462
Ranger Station
Work on the
July . i t
1227
385
from the W est Coast Power Company:
90
........ 321
building will begin within 10 daya.
July
360
........ 518
1474
96
The
construction
will
be
similar
to
OLD-TIMER« «. \THER
I he City of Cascade Locks has acquired the property
the present large warehouse
July 27
393
------ 1173
2.724
94
and
accounts
of the W est Coast Power Company and
I he Annual Old Timer« uf
J un­ 2 *
2 HOO
• « • * . 771
329
91
<
««cade
Lork*
f’trnir
will
be
henceforth
all
electric bills are payable at the City Hall
793
258
duly 2 V.
2745
M A N Y SAA I M I N H A Y
# «»
held
at
the
l.«»rk«
(.round*
thia
in Cascade I-ocks.
80
July 3 0 __
*55
■ lN) 4
201
coming Sunday, the fir*t Sunday
Approximately 200 people have
1 )lu
M /
1
iftn
July 31___........ 625
112
G E M A N C H EST ER .
<»f August. a« it has been for the been taking advantage daily of the
Aug. 1 . . . . ........ 317
1568
95
90
past tears Speeches and a pro­ i swimming facilities in the hay at
Mayor.
Aug 2 . . ........ 424
106
2314
98
gram hate been arranged for the Columbia Gorge Ranger Station
orraaloa.
during the hot weathar.
I.O.O.F. Picnic
To Be Held
Here Sunday
New Rates
Submitted
For Approval
Tanner Creek
By-pass Now
Completed
Hood River
Valley P.U.D.
Created
Difference in
BonnevilleBills
To Be Fixed
Bulk W heat
Carrier Hauls
First Shipment
P.U.D. W ill Get
Power in Year,
Banks Asserts
Stcelheads Lead
Passing Bonneville
Eugene Eyes New
Bonneville Rates
The Moving Salmon
I