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A LIVEB
NEWSPAPER IN A
LIVE TOWN
VOLUME XXX NUMBER 26
Second Generator
Ready This Month
In mid-January the Bureau ot
Reclamation wiil throw the swiizh
tiet will send the output of Grand
Coulee Dam's seecad 108,000 kilo
witt gemerator susging through go
vernment lines to belp turn the
wheels of vital defense industries
in the Pacific Norikwese, the Bursau
of ileclamat. p» avrvoun.sed. itoder-,
This Titan of Power, iike itg
mate the largest hydru-e!ectri-fi ny
chine in the world, is now unce.;go
ing a test run. It will join the
Grand Coulee-Bonneville power not
work at a time when the nation is
seeking every means to conquer an
aluminum sho-tase «wil c)herwise 10
stock what it intends shaii be the
most powerful arsenal in the world
Grand Coulee Dam’'s Jannary con
tribution will be no small one. The
output of each unit is enormous.
The power plant’s ultimate instalin
tion will be 1,944,000 kilowatts,
the greatest block of power ever de
veloped at one site.
The new unit, capable of meeting
the needs of an average industrial
city of 200,000 people, will be on
the line but two months before the
dam will draft another equally
large army of robust kilowatts, the
output of a third generator. In 14842
three more will join the defense for
ces, and in 1944 assistance will :a
rendered by still another trio.
Negotiations were recently com
pleted between the Bureau and the
contractor who completad the dam,
Consolidated Builders, Inc., for
construetion of the right powor
house, a building which, Ilike the
west shote structure, will hold nine
main univs. Itrevectici“iorecasts ad
ditional war-time installation.
The project has been a source of
power since March 22, 1941, wien
two 10,000-kilowatts station-gservize
units, intended for servicing only
outlets at the dam site, began feed
ing the long distribution system.
They served in their emergency ca
pacity until October 4 when the
the first of the main dynamos took
over the important assignment.
Thne second ~ianct is now turn.ng
under tue force of waters of ihe
Columbia plunging from a 133-mile
:I[e:genvoir, impounded behina' the
mightiest man-made concrete strut
ture in history, to the river below,
and is being carefully inspected as
it goes through its test maneuvers.,
ASpecial attention is being given
to an eight-foot thrust Learing, in
the top of the machine, running in
a bath of 1600 gallons of water.
cooled lubricating oil, from which
is suspended the 800 ton revolving;
section. Various electrical loads are
being applied to permit checklng‘
the generator's control, distribution,
and protective equipment.
When ready for actual production
the current from L-2, as the machine
is technically known, will be circuit
ed through mammoth transformers.
They stand 20 feet high, 20 feet
long and 12 fest wide, and weigh
125 tons each and will step ui)f
the voltage from 13,800 to 230,000
and send the energy racing at the!
speed of light more than 200 miles '
to aluminum plants and other de
fense industries on the lower Colum
bia in the southwestern part of the
state of Washington and in the Pu
get Sound area.
Construction of the {hird unit is
well advanced. The turbine 1s al
ready In place, and preparationy for
installing generator parts lhave
reached the point where the stator,
the 37-foot stationary outer ring can
be seated. Assembly of the rotov, a
587-ton wheel equipped with (0
glant magnetes, which spins incide
the stator, is chout 70 pe:r cent com
plete. =
The size of Grand Coalex Dam’s
main units is staggering. The dis
tance from the lower tip of the
turbine runner or waterwhael to
the top of the generator is ocquiva
lent to the height of an sight-story
building. The housinz around the
generator is 45 feet in diumoter,
Coulee City Dispatch
DPOCTOR WINS EXCITING
RACE WITH THE STORK
Mother and daughter are reported
to be ‘“‘doing nigely,”! while three
cars are the worse for wear as the
result of the arrival of a stork at
the home of Mr. and WMrs, Lynp
Johneon here Monday morning,
Mrs. Johnson had arranged to
enter a Wenatchee hospital, and My.
Johnson was preparing to take her
there ahout 2 a. m. Monday morn
ing when the bsarings en his car
burned out.
A friend started to tow the Johu
gon car to a garage, and the friend’s
car caught fire, The volunteer fire
department faced sub-zero blasts ta
quench the flames. -
It became too late for the Wenat
chee trip and Dr. Anderson was call_
ed from Wilbur. There is no doctor
in Coulee City. His ¢ar froze up en
route. The doctor hitch-hiked on an
oil truck to Hartline, where he ob
tained a car and drove to Coulee
City, arriving 10 minutes before the
baby was born.
DRY FALLS PARK NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Giezentanner
were surprised and pleased, whel
the young people of Coules City
came out and sang carols on Christ.
mas Eve.
Callers at the park at the “little
stone house by the side of the road"’
were Mr. and Mrs. P. C, Patterson of
Salem, Oregon; Mrs. Ruth Karr Me-
Kee and sister, Miss Eunice Karr of
Delano, Wash,; Mr. and Mrs, Kelley,
Seattle; Mrs. Ruby Siegel of Sultan,
Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. G. Siegel, Cou.
lee Dam. e
CONDUCT PAPER DRIVE
The Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts and
Cub Scouts are conducting a paper
drive collectmg- any kind of old
or waste paper, magazines, news
papers, cartons, or any other kind.
Anyone having such materials is ur.
gently requested to get in touch with
Dave Neilson or Rev. Bomberg, or
call the school and it will be picked
up by the boys, Scouts everywhere
are doing this work to aid in con
servation of paper. At the same time
it helps them get a little money for
troup expenses.
large enough to encircle an average
house, . .
The entire assembly weighs about
1,750 tons, as much, for .astance
as three of the warld's largas: loce
motives. At full head, 149 tons of
water pser sgecond. will bembard the
waterwheel, The volum=s rhat wiil
cascade through the 18-font pen
stock every 24 hours wili he suffi
cient to provide every man, woman
and child in the Tinited Sfates with
a daily bath,
COULEE OITY, GEANT COUNTY, WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 1942
The New Year
St. Andrews News
Grange was held last Saturday
afternoon with tue new usaster lial
old Jensen in the chair. It was voi
ed to purchase a SIOO Bond. Com
mittees are to be appointed by the
Master at the next meeting, January
17, to do all they can in hel'plng n
tho defense gprogran - Al membeis
are urged to attend these meetings
as they prove to be very interesting,
Pot luck dinner at noon, Grange :o
follow immediately after,
Dinner guests last Wednesday at
the home of Mr. and Mrs, Harold
Jensen were Mr., and Mrs. Ed Mc-
I.ean and son and Mr. and Mrs. O.
I, Frederick and girls
Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Chris Jorgensen Sunday wers Mr.
and Mrs. Edwin Mickelsen and child
ren, Chris Mickelsen and Bob Winn.
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Tanneberg
and Pat, Mr. and Mrs. Ras Tanne
berg, Nadeen and Ward, Mr. and
Mrs. Elmo Tanneberg, Willis Jolly,
Mr. and Mrs,- Hans Wogensen, and
Guy Watkins were dinner guests
Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Jen
kins,
Dinner guests New Year's Day of
Mr., and Mrs, Edwin Mickelsen were
Mr. and Mrs., Ras Tanneberg and
children, Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Joply
end son Willls Jolly, Chris Mickel
sen and Bob Winn,
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jorgensen
and Joanne visited Friday evening
with Mr. and Mrs. Claude Miller.
Ted Rice, who has spent the Christ
mas vacation with his folks, Mr. and
Mrs. E. W. Rice, returned to Pull
man Sunday.
Mrs. M. Kjersgaard, Jutta and
Arnold were dinner guests Sunday of
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jensen.
Dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Bishop last Thursday were
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Harden and
family of Almira., Their youngest
daughter, Bonnie had been visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Bishop since Christ
mas, She returned home Thursday.
ed Mr, and Mrs. Howard Jorgensen‘
ed Mr. nd Mrs, Howard Jorgesen
put on wall paper Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrvs. R. B. Graham and
Florence were dinner guests last
Thursday at the Harold Isaak homs
in Hartline,
Mr. and Mrs, (C. K. Jolly and son,
Mr, and Mrs., Ras Tanncberg and
family, Mr. and Mrs, Edwin Mick
elsen and family, Chris Mickelsen
and Bob Winn took pot luck dinner
and spent the evening with Willis
Jolly, which was his 65th birthday
last Friday. :
LOSES TO WILBUR
In a game played here Tuesday
night, the Coulee City Town team
wae defeated by A score of 51-28 by
the Wilbny town toam. g
OTTO OLESEN PASSES AWAY
SUDDENLY AT HOME
| Otto Olesen,. pioneer St. Andrews
rancher, died early this morning at
his home here, Death came suddenly
from a heart ailment.
" Mr. Olesen moved to Coulee City
about two months ago, when inl
health forced his retirement from
active farming.
¢ SBurviving members of his, imme
' diate family are his wife, and two
' danghters, Mrs. Margaret Nutt and
Mrs, Edith Gilbert, all of whom re
gide in Coulee City.
! Funeral arrangements wers un
‘known early today.
| i
SCOUTS HOLD INITIATION
Monday evening at a regular meet
ing of the Cub Scouts under the
leadership of Kenneth Bombeiy, the
following boys were initiated as
Bob Cats, the beginning of cubbing:
Bobby and Donald Fields, Tommy
and Jimmy Quann, Laverne Smelt
zer, Fred Leamer, David Bellas and
Warren Scheibner Mr. Arnold Smelt.
zer, - a Cub committeeman, assisted
in the initiation and mothers of the
boys were guests of the evening, The
meating ended with the group sing
ing of ‘“God Bless America."”
Tuesday evening the group went
to Blue Lake for skating and a
weinie roast,
‘BAND TO PLAY
What is bad news for the basket.
ball- team ~ i{s good news for the
band, Due to the fact that four band
members have given up baskeétball,
it will now be possible for the band
to play a few pieces at the remain
ing games. It should be remembered
that there is no time provided either
in or out of school, for a pep band
to rehearse, so the music will have
to be muth the same as what wasg
played the last two years. However,
the band intends to do all it can to
promote interest and enthusiasm
for the games and the school. March
ing maneuvers and flag swinging
exhibitions will be staged it prac
tice time can be found.
CHURCH TO HOLD
FELLOWSHIP DINNER
Members and friends of the Pres
byterian church are invited to the
January Fellowship dinner in the
Parlors this Monday evening at 6
o'clock.s Unless otherwise notified
by the serving committee, guests
may bring dishes of their choice, pot
luck style
TO. COLLECT CLOTHES
Girl Seouts will enllect babies and
small children's clothes, Will be
cleaned up anéd rapaired hers for
emergency. In case not needed here
they will be gent to Red Crose. {
If not called on got in touch with
any Girl Scouaf or Mrg. Neilson.,
Mold Activities
Mr. and Mrs. H. Findley and
daughter, Sharon and Mr. and Mrs.
J. Findley of Portland spent New
Years at the M. E. Struntz nome.
A Jjoint installation of officers of
St. Andrews and this Grange waa
held Saturday, December 27th. Mans
field Grange did the installing. Visi
tors from Mansfield were Messrs
and Mesdames Walter McLean, Hart
zel Crosby, Garth Branscom, Marcel
Yeager and Walter Caille, Mre
John Yeager, Betty Branscom =ard
Amos Yeager, Mr. and Mrs. ‘King
from Malott and Messrs. and Mes
dames Chris Jorgensen, Edwin Mick
clsen, FErnest Bigshop and Mesers.
Harold Jengen, E. W. Rice, Claude
Miller, Bob Winn and Chrls Ruch
of St. Andrews.
New Year's gucsts at the Dalce
Leander home ineluded Mr. anc
Mrs. Frank Nilles and Virginja, Tev
Charlie and Ruth O'Connor, L. J.
Leander, Mr. and Mrs. Kay Leander
and William Rugalski,
Mrs. Natnan Gauder, Virginia anc
Wayne, Doris and Winton Craig o.
Coulece City went to Fort Lew.s lua
week to visit Willis Dodge. who has
just been transierred from Fort Sil.
Oklahoma.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wagner,
Claude Binns and Mr. and Mrs. Karl
Lemley aid family spent New Y:mu"a
day at the Marvin Aylward honie.
Mrs. Aun Ash, who has been visit
ing her parents, Mr, and Mrs. Harry
Thompson has returned to her home
in Bremerton,
New Years was a joyful day for
Mrs. Frank Nilles when ~ 0 rccciven
word her brother, Fred Harris of
Eelllngham, previously listed as
“killed in action” in Hawail, was
alive and well.
Mr. and Mrs: Joe Ryt ana
Shirley Ann spent Chrig‘mas with
Mrs. Struntz’s parents at Conneville,
They drove back by way of Seuttle
spending a few days with relatives
there,
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Pitte weat to
Rice to visit his unclz, Volley Pitts
and family.
Mrs. Luey Ward has reiurned to
her home in Seattld 4fter a month's
visit with her daugnter, Mrs. Ear?
Lemley and family.
Mr. and Mrs, Jasper Durter, Nor
ma and Melvin and Richiard O'Con
nor were New Years guest ar the
Lloyd Lynard home,
Mr. and Mrs. Rober: Aieganel
returned to their home in Bridgupor.
after a vigit at the Lee Pitts home,
Mr. and Mrs, Alrert Yost spent
the holidays in Spokane.
Mrs. Jasper Burton, M:s. Michae)
Weimerskirch, Mrs. Harry Thomp
son and L. J. Leander ar: atten.ing
the First Aid classes in Marstisld
Ida Struntz, who spent the holl
days with her parents, Mr. ana Mrs,
M. E. Struntz has returned 1o Wen
atchee.
Mr, and Mrs. Michael Weimer
skirch spent Sunday at the Lar)
Lem!ey home.
Mrs. Alice Carpenter and Lee,
Herschel and E 4 Gander spent New
Year's day at Fred Rommels,
The thermometer took u nosge
dive Monday morning, readings from
14 to 20 below were reportec. There
is only an inch of snow on the
grouud and the ground is frozen for
a foot or more doep.
Mrs. Kay Leander accompanied
her brother, Gernie Weir, to Rice
Monday. Gail Dean Pitts, their neph
ew returned to his home there. Uer
nie had the misfortune to break his
foot and sprain his ankle wnen he
jumped out of a truck lasc weel,
Tone first day-time Grang2 wncet
ing will be held Saturday, Jaunuary
10th. A pot luck dinner wiil be serv
ed at noon and thc meeting will be
in the afternoon.
A group of young folks enjoved a
gkating party Saturday night., Later
they went to the Burtoin howme for
cake and coffee.
Mr. and Mre. Del McLeun enjoyed
a vigit with Alan Murray and his
brother and sister. Alan is a chartcr
member of this Grange and worked
for the McLeans. He has bean In
Virginia and will now go to Ogden,
Utah. His brother and sister llve
in Helena Mont
ADVERTISING
HEDIUM
SUBSCRIPTION S2OO PRER YEAR
Emergency Quota
brive Is Successful
The extra quota of $350.00 asked
from Coulee City by the Red Cross
for use in the emergency brought
about by the inception of the war,
wag subscribed this week, it wasg
angounced by Tom Twininz, local
Red Cross chairman,
One hundred nineteen individuals
"uau firms contributed a total of
52.50, be revealed. This was in
addition to Coulee City’'s regular
quota, and is believed to be the
largest amount ever contributed in
one drive by this community to the
ed Cross.
Mr. Twining wishes to expresg his
hanks to Mrs. krank Borst, Mrs,
art Lewis, Miss Theiuna Pugh, Mrs.
Paul Neihart and Mrs. Sam Bartow
{or their aid as solicitors in .the
successful drive.
» * * .
Persons in this community are re
quested by Mrs. A. J. Dodd, Red
Cross defense committee chairman,
to check through their households
for eoxtra bedding, kitchen utensils,
etc., which could be made available
in case of an emergency. Question
naires will be taken around later as
soon as they are received fromm the
gtate headquarters, Mrs, Dodd sald
PARK REGISTRATION
SETS ALL-TIME RECORD
Registrations by tourists at Dry
[Fall state park during 1941 climbed
to 160,178, an a.l time record fou
any year, it was disclosed by Lec
wurer Charles Giezentanner,
In December a total of 4,001
jersons signed the park rezister, as
compared to 1,362 in December of
a vear previous, =
LOANS REACH NEW HIGH
Nearly twenty million buishels of
Washington's 1941 wheat crop have
been placed under governmen. loan
to date according to Henry B. Ram
jey, chairman of the state AAA
cecmnmittee.
This total is far greater than ‘e
any previous vear of the program’s
operation and is expe:ted to reach
21,000,000 bushels before the clos
ing date, December 31. Loans ag
cregating $16,638,900 have hecn ap
proved and functioned to date, Ram
=gy reports, with two and one-half
million dollars of thié amount go
ing to farmers who stored theiy
~rops on their own farms under the
‘overnment seal of ever-normal
oranary,
Whitman County, leading wheat
producing county in the United
Stateg, tops all other Washington
counties both with e pect to nuli
ber of loans ap; fo.ed and :nanount
f wheat and moncy involved, ac
rording to Ramsey. Nearly half ot
hat county’s crop, 5 million bushels
vent under the government's wing,
ietting 1500 oboerators over four
nd one-half mil'ion dollars,
‘The unprecedented participation
5 attributed to recent congression
! amendment to the AAA act
which provides for government
loans at 85 per cent of parity, about
87 cents per bushel in this area.
This is approximately 32 cents a
bushel more than was loaned last
year,
Under the government loan pro
gram, which is a function of the
Commodity Credit corporation, fam™
mers have until April 30, 1942 to
redeem their wheat. If the marl#t
pri~e falls hte'ow the loan value at
any t'me hefore the expiration dnte,
the farmer con satisfy the leoan by
turning the wheat over to the ro
vernment.
Mr and ™Mprs. Ton "ilcon are
parents of a son born recently.
Mr., and M:us. Michael Weimer
skitch spent last Sunday in Muns
field, guests at the John Weiner
slklrch home,
Mr. an: Mrs. Lloyd McLean snd
ftamily of St, Andrews were New
Year's guesta at the Del McLean
home.