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HOOD RI\T l R county library 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