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THE BONNEVILLE DAM CHRONICLE Vol. V. Number 47 BONNFVIl.LE MIKE HAS MOVED For the past two weeks the Chronicle has been making a very grave error. Each of these two weeks an ad has slipped in tell ing of the location of Mike Long's Barber shop as being in its old (This past week the Oregonian switch-gear uud buses, the 115- location. placed on the news stands and kilovolt bus insulators and diacon- As our soft spoken druggist sent out to all its subscribers its necting switches and the metal-in The first meeting of the Sunday ; friend expresses it, "Any darn annual "Progress Number." In closed control equipment. Evening Club was held last Sun- (typographical error intentional) cluded in this outstanding num In the period from August 18 to day night at the Civic Auditorium fool can see that he has the ber was an article on the Bonne December 31, 1938, under a con at Bonneville. Dean Collins of the swellest location in town in the ville Dam written by a very tract negotiate«! by Administrator Oregon Journal gave a thought- 1 Lakeside Hotel corner and still capable staff writer of the Ore James D. Ross, the army engineers provoking talk on “ Do We Want to you run that ad!” And so the gonian, Herbert Lundy. We delivered 20,843.000 kilowatt-hours Buy A W ar?” He was introduced ad is changed this week and Mike of elect rical en«>rgy to Northwest quote the article.) Long is in the swellest location for the occasion by Captain Robert ern Electric company. Starting ♦ Pes Islets who also thanked the in Cascade Locks at the corner July 9. the city of Cascade l.«»cks. With construction of Bonneville organizing committee in behalf of of Fifth and Main Streets. dam by the army engineers nearing Ore., was supplietl with power to the Army Engineers for their completion, the year 1938 brought light its streets, and electricity was work. to the forefront of public attention provided for the Tooth Rock high Patriotic singing was led by and public importance the two way tunnel. Harry Fraser with Mrs. Saunders Th«> total amount of elwtricity major reasons for which the dam generatinl at the -»iano. Reverend W. C. j during the year for was constructed—power and navi Cronk offered a brief scripture and I project use and for sale was 25,- gation. prayer. The first ocean vessel, the 282,100 kilowatt-hour*. The next meeting of this organi- | Columbia River hydroelectric Fish Ladders Charles L. Wheeler, Jr., went Ration will be held Sunday night, power not only can bring electrical In February, 1938, the engineers March 5, at 7:30 p. m. when Judge conveniences within reach of nearly through the highest single-lift sea- Donald Long of the Juvenile and every farmer in the region, but lock in the world on July 9 and complete«! installation of the neces Domestic Relations Court of Port can help solve the three major steamed to The Dalles. 182 miles sary operating «'quipmctit for the land will be the principal speaker. problems of the Northwest. This from the sea, after passing through Bradford island and Washington Hereafter meetings will be the first message from Administrator J. D. the coast rnnge and the Cascade shore fish ladders. These passages were operat'd successfully durin and third Sunday evenings of each Ross was brought to the farmers of range. Since opening of the sealocks both the spring and fall runs month. Idaho and Eastern Washington by The committee in charge of these Ivan Bloch, head of the market and drowning of Cascade rapids by salmon, laying to rest so far as meetings consists of E. J. W. An development section of the Bonne- Bonneville pool, a steadily increas the engineers are concerned fears ing barge and riverhoat traffic has expressed by commercial fisher derson, J. P. MacAuslin and James ville Project. been built un between Portland and and sportsmen that the «lam Speaking at the annual meeting The Dalles. Navigation of the un men would the free passage of of Inland Empire Rural Electrifi per Columbia will not attain its salmon hinder up and down the Columbia. cation, Irtc., at St. John, Wn„ he rightful place, however, until funds declared that Bonneville power can I are allocated, nrobnhly this year, More than 875,000 fish ascended help meet the problems raised by for deepening tno channel between the ladders during the year, Major Theron D. Weaver, district «'iigiti- increasing migration from the Vancouver and the dam. eer, said. Middle West, depletion of timber Potentially the most important The powerhouse and main «lam resources and a growing unfavor phase of development at the dam fish lifts were complete«! in August SALEM, Feb. 22—The public- able balance of trade. in the fifth year since construc and test«««! during th«* fall run of power issue was brought back to Administrator Ross has predicted tion started was the plncing on a Chinook salmon. the starting point Tuesday when Senator Lyman Ross of Washing the new Bonneville rate of one-half production basis of two giant gen In December, the «mgineers open- ton county and Representative cent per kilowatt-hour for whole erators the first of a battery of ed bi«ls for construction of an Hosch of Deschutes joined hands sale energy will stimulate con ten by the army engineers, and addition to the p«iwerhoiise super in reviving the original Grange- struction of lines to serve thous the start made by the interior de structure to house four additional ands of farm homes. Bloch said. partment in constructing a net generating units. L. H. Hoffman. Bontieville l’ l'D bill. According to Senator Ross, the The Inland Empire group is the work of transmission lines and the Portland, submitted low hi«l of measure is identical with the one largest rural electric cooperative actual marketing of some of the $1 ,169,69(1,io. T h is is a 80 month he originally introduced at the be- *n America, he pointed out, and hy-droelcctricity. job that will «miploy 250 men dir hest of the' state grange and the said many farmers in Oregon. Delivery Program ectly and will utilize more than Bonneville administration. Washington and Idaho now without The public’s interest in 1939 will 2000 carloads of material. His original measure, Ross ex- 1 electricity were organizing similar be concentrated on the program of Major Weaver list«1«! principal plained, has been shot so full of associations to market Columbia the Bonneville administrator to de contract work to start in the im holes by its opponents and so River power at cost, liver power t' the people of Ore mediate future as follows: Con patched up with amendments that The Bonneville engineer said that gon. Washington and Idaho at struction of the Tanner creek by it can not be recognized any longer industrial development fostered by prices that he believes will be pass and fish laddi'r, «‘stminted to by its friends, hence the new bill low-cost Columbia River power will lower than any private utility in cost 8180,000; completion of the which was dropped into the senate help the farmer by providing a the United States can equal under powerhiuse sup«Tstructure to house hopper late Tuesday-. nearby market for his produce, and present conditions. units 3 to ft, inclusive; and the As did the original measure, the by lowering the cost of manufac- In step with the distribution pro manufacture of two 74.000 horse new bill provides for the creation tured goods used by him. He indi- gram of the interior department, power turbines and two flft.000 kilo- of people’s utility districts with cated that local industries might the army engineers headed in this volt-ampere generators for units 3 authority to acquire power plants provide essential fertilizer and division by Colonel John C. H. Lee. and 4 at in estimated cost of and distribution lines and other farm chemicals at a price within who succeeded Colonel Thomas M. $4.810.000, equipment necessary to supplying reach of Northwest farmers. Such Robins, will continue to build Bon Power Capacity electrical energy to patrons within enterprises might also utilize sur- neville dam to its full potentialities With two generating units al the district. I pluses for conversion into manufac- for generation of power. , Two Financing Plans Offered ] tured goods, he said. Last year the engineers installed ready installed, tw«i under contract and two mor«- a possibility for 1939, Financing activities of the dis - 1 Bloch said that Administrator the mechanical and electrical emiin- the generating rapacity potential trict would be provided through I Boss is especially interested in ment for the powerhouse and fish befor«* 1940 will approximate 300.- issuance of either general obliga-! usinjf Bonneville power to help ways. In the powerhouse, they com 000 kilovolt-amperes. tion bonds, which would stand as open up nearly two million acres Administrator Ross, in his ap- pleted the two main 43.200 kilowatt a lien aginst the property of the of land to pump irrigation. He district, or revenue bonds, which *a'd the Bonneville staff is now generators and 00,000-horsepower jmarance before the budget rom- would be retired out of earnings studying rate problems that will turbines, the powerhouse hut struc mitter of congress in November, of ths district. General obligation stimulate electric pumping for sup- ture, t h e 16,000-kilovolt-am|>ere advance«! information to show that (Continimd from Pag« 2) bonds would be subject to vote of nlemental irrigation throughout t r a n s f o r m e r s , the 15,000-volt the people of the district as would the Northwest. Bloch pointed out ^wvvvvvvvvw v v w w v w v w v v w v w vvw vvvvvvw v w vvw v w w v v v w ; the first issue of revenue bonds, that at Canby, city and rural resi- Subsequent issues o f revenue dents are joining together to work SOON T O H A V E A TH EATR E bonds, on the other hand, might he °ut methods for using po. .- to sold either on bid ar at private sale irrigate thousands of additional It was just a very short time ago that the business men as the directors of the district acres, of Cascade Locks started the ball rolling for the construc might elect. ’C ontributions,' Not Taxes PASSING OF THF tion of a motion picture theatre in their town. T oday the In lieu of taxes now paid by pri DAMN CHRONICLE roof for the largest budding to be built in Cascade Ixxrks vate utilities the people’s utility- ♦ districts would be authorized to to date is being ereefe«! It w on’t be long before regular It is w ith sorr«»w and re g re t make “ contributions” toward the th a t «*«• announce to th e p«>pul»rr shows will be held in this most modern theatre support of government out of their in g e n e ra l th a t th is is th e last earnings, but in no event would issu«- o f th e B o n n e v ille D a m T o aid the builders and the citizens of Cascade Locks these contributions exceed *’> per t h ro n ic le . F«*r n e a rly fix e in the construction of this enterprise, books of tickets went cent of the first annual gross y e a r« th e C h ro n ic le has done its revenue. on sale this week which insure the holder to quite a p a rt in th e b u ild in g o f th e B o n n e Read the first time Tuesday the v ille D a m and now th a t th e B o n number of shows. Already more than 100 of these books measure will probably Is* referred n e v ille D a m is n e a rin g c o m p le to the senate committee on rail tio n th e B o n n e v ille D a m C h r o n have been sold to citizens of the dam area who are anxious roads on Wednesday. That com icle feel« th a t it has done its to do their part in this community enterprise mittee. however, is expected to d u ty and *o it g ra c e fu lly fad es make short shift on the measure j fro m th e p ic tu re o f O re g o n Six Cascade Locks men have these for sale and will be inasmuch as the members are N e w s p a p e rs . j> wait <>n anyone wiaklnj to pw ckut one Ihesr pretty well worn down already with A nd a« a passing w a r n in g w e consideration of the PL D problem, O men are Stanley I )<« Hammel. C. C. Chapman. Oscar which has been constantly in the »ay. W \TCH FOR N E X T Hyde. George W ebber, Jack Flaucher and Bill Keeler. forefront of legislative activities WEEK’S P \PFR SOMETHING NEW \M> SOMETHING DIF for the past three weeks. Harry Gamble, who has leased the theatre is busy WATCH FOR IT More than a week ago the com FERENT. FRIDAY. lining up shows for the grand opening. It is estimated mittee turned back both the R o m ¡ _________________ bill and the Burke-Zimmerman bill that the total investment, when the theatre is ready to and sent m a subetitut* Comoro- and the committee ia about ready miae measure of its own. This to send the measure out onto the open, will be around S I5 000 measure has been the subject of senate floor for consideration by three public bearing* the past week tHe legislator*. I i»vxvvvxwx«wvxvw w w v »w v w vv»vvvw vvw vvw vvvvvv w vw w w V New Club Hears Collins Speak on W ar Resume of Bonneville Dam Appears in Metropolitan Press ' Bonneville Power To Aid Farmers ’S PUD Measure Returns to Hopper ♦ KKIPVY. FFBRl \R) 2 4. 1949 l \SC \DK UH'KS Power Facilities T o Consider Beauty m ♦ "Beauty and power can go hami in hand ami the Bonneville admin istration will follow thu* policy in the construction of the $41,000,000 transmission project." This*, in of foot was what Acting Administrator Charles E. Carey told Vancouver, Washington, city officials when he disclosed the plan for beautificatitxn of the substation site and transmission route just north of the city limits. M «-«'ting in Mayor A N Stanley’s office at the Vancouver citv ball Carey, who is also Bonneville’s principal const nu t ion engineer, offer«»«! t«> «»«»operate in a plan to us«' th«' Bonne«'ville substation site us a scenic and recreation meces for the people «*f the area. He suggested cooperation at the estab lishment of a park that would rm- hrace the substation site and indi- cated that a similar plan would he followe«l in all of the 14 substations to be built by the project in the northwest. "Administrator Ross wishes the Bonneville transmission system to be beautiful as well as efficient,” Carey told the Vancouver officials. "At the Vancouver substathm he plans the establishment of a nur sery to grow shrubs and tr«>*« whteh will be transplanted t«» the other substations and to points along the right-of-way. He hopes to introduce a large number of subtropical specie» which he he- lleves can survive in western Ore gon and Washington weather con ditions." « in outlining the Vancouver plans Carey point«nl out that thousands of tourists travel along feileral high way No 99 «»a«'h y«»nr past the Bonneville substation site at Van* «■Oliver. II«» Iw'lieves th«» power stations can he made among the principal attractions of the Pacific Northwest. Legion Auxiliary T o Be Guests ♦ The Bonneville American Legion Auxiliary will be the guests of Mrs. Otto Pomplita at a ten on March 3 ut I o'clock. The after- noon will be soent in discussing the setivitien of the Unit, as out lined by the Nations! and State headquarters, so that the members may become better acquainted with the work which they want to help rarry on. Corbett has invit«»«! the Bonne ville Legion and Auxilary to he present at their March 2 meeting. They will receive their permanent charter at that time. All those wishing to mak«' the trip are asked to g«'t in t«iurh with Mrs. Fred Morton in regards to transporta tion. $70,000,090 T h e a rm y engin«*er* spent a p p ro x im a te ly $.'>,(¡00.000 at B o n n e v ille dam d u rin g I91H. T o ta l ro n s tru rtio n expense« since th e fir s t public w o rks a d m in is tra tio n a llo c a tio n o f $20.000,004) on S ep- te m b e r 30, 19.1.1, to a lx iu t $.'>(),• '>00.000, ( c rlm n s e ttle m e n ts , to r a i l road« fo r r ig h t- o f -w a y . and o th e r c la im a n ts , pending aa th is is w r itte n , w ill m a k e th e fiv e -y e a r , th re e m onth« to ta l on th e w a r d e p a rtm e n t's side of th e B o n n e v ille led g er a p p ro x im a te ly $12,- 1100,000, acco rd in g to Ma j o r T h e ro n |) . W e a v e r, d is tric t e n g in e e r. T h e interi«»r d e p a rtm e n t m e a n w h ile o b tain ed I I 7 . 9 I IJ 1 . 1 I fro m congress, p ub lic w o rks a d m in is tr a tio n and w o rk s p ro g ress a d m in is tra tio n w ith w hich A d m in is tr a to r Jam es I) . Ross launched his n o rth w e s t p ow er n e tw o rk . M ost o f th is m oney has !x»en spent or e a rm a rk e d fo r co n tra c ts and M r . Ross has ap p lied fo r a d d itio n a l fu n ds to co n tin u e his program . T h e to ta l cost o f th e B onne v ille p ro ject to d a le , th e n , ap - p r o * im a t e s $ 7 0 ,0 0 0 000 —The Oregonian.
