1925 — 100 years ago
Lupins blooming on Mount Hood: “Must have been having some frosty weather here in the Lower Valley,” said J. O. Hannum, of The Homestead inn, on Tuesday, when he descended to town to visit his old friends. Up at the Homestead, he says the lupins are now beginning to bloom and throw out new shoots as in spring. He has a number of dahlias and has been wishing to take up the bulbs for winter, but the recent springlike weather keeps them blooming green and he is now afraid that cold weather will come and catch them before they are in shape to be moved.
— Hood River News
After a complete investigation of facts and a grilling before Sheriff Levi Chrisman and three state fire marshals, Mrs. Charles Burchdor, 25, confessed lat last night to having set fire to her home at 821 West Sixth street on October 22, in order to cover a shortage of money given her by her husband.
A proposed reservoir capable of storing 8000 acre feet of water to irrigate the district south of The Dalles has been definitely located by irrigation experts of The Dalles-Wasco County Chamber of Commerce, and a survey crew will have information on which to base preliminary costs by Saturday...
The Dalles-Wasco County Chamber of Commerce poultry project on Chenowith creek will be inspected this afternoon by directors of the organization. The experimental farm is being carried on by Stanley G. Watts in cooperation with chamber officials.
— The Dalles Chronicle
1945 — 80 years ago
Used Hood River as fraud base: Five years in a federal prison was the sentence handed to Rose Marie Moore, 19, by United States District Judge James Alger Fee Thursday of last week. The defendant was charged with using the mails to defraud and pleaded guilty last July. Her case has been referred to the chief probation officer, who apparently found no mitigating circumstances.
Rose Marie, a native of Texas, had an unusual racket. She would get acquainted with service men and then, when they had gone to the battle fronts, would write to the soldiers’ parents, informing them that she expected a visit from the stork, and asking for money to meet expenses. She obtained $60 from one Midwest family and $225 from another before she was caught. The letters were written from Hood River, where she had come to visit parents of another service man she met in Texas.
— Hood River News
The mobile X-ray unit of the Oregon Tuberculosis association took 1,158 chest photographs during its three-day stay in The Dalles under the sponsorship of the Wasco-Sherman Public Health association, it was reported today ...
Dr. and Mrs. B A. Russell received word recently that their son, Lt. Maurice L. Russell, USNR, had received the bronze star and the presidential citation for his part in the Philippine campaign, as conning officer of the gunboat, LCI-G 23. At present he is at Seattle, Wash.
Charles Bates and Bud Grey, who have been operating Ray Pearcy’s sturgeon line, landed a sturgeon Saturday that weighted 193 pounds, when dressed.
Only the fact that the Columbia river channel between Vancouver and Bonneville has filled with silt in several places, during the four years that army engineers have been without equipment for maintenance, today prevents the movement of wheat from the Port of The Dalles by ocean freighter.
— The Dalles Chronicle
“Cat” driver hit by part of snag: B.Z. Coners news of the past week. While driving a “cat” in the woods last week Ira Groshong was hit by the top falling from a snag. He was in the hospital but is now convalescing at home. Robert Schilling left for Florida Monday to report for service duties. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Trenner called on relatives here Saturday. Ida and Betty Lundberg entertained their friend, Bernice Tippery, of White Salmon, over the week end. Mrs. George Essex spent the week at New Plymouth, Idaho visiting relatives. Homer Krall got a nice bear near here this week.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1965 — 60 years ago
Two Washington women were hospitalized and electric power was interrupted for a period of time Tuesday afternoon when a car smashed into an electric power pole at Ninth and Columbia Streets ... Both were listed in satisfactory condition Wednesday morning by their attending physicians. Power was interrupted for about 17 minutes in the downtown area, and for another 30 minutes in a small residential area. Pacific Power & Light Co. manager Chuck Filbin said the outage was confined to the downtown and a residential section mostly north of Oak street.
— Hood River News
The accidental discharge of a 22 rim fire magnum revolver resulted in hospitalization Wednesday of one of the two 15-year-old boys who were examining it and another revolver.
Bonneville Power Administration Friday opened bids for the clearing and construction of two more sections of the Pacific Northwest - Pacific Southwest inter-tie.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Elks Lodge still wants deer hides: Hunting season began last week, but local Elks are still collecting hides from lucky hunters. Lodge 1868 turns the hides into tanneries and the tanned hides are turned back to the Elks who give them to the Veterans’ Hospital to be used in rehabilitation and therapy work.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1985 — 40 years ago
Rolling stones — Dust settles over Interstate 84 above, after a large chunk of Gorge hillside hit the surface on Monday morning, blocking both lanes of the freeway. No one was endangered by the slide, since construction crews were already monitoring the scene after a Saturday morning rockslide at the same spot. After the dust cleared, part of the rubble is shown scattered across the freeway. It blocked both lanes for part of the day, forcing a detour on Washington Highway 14. Two lanes, one in each direction, opened Monday afternoon, and an uneasy watch began that is expected to continue through the winter.
— Hood River News
Klickitat highway fate is pondered: A meeting of the Road Jurisdiction Committee in Olympia, scheduled for yesterday (Wednesday), may have decided whether State Route 142 stays a state road. Klickitat Co. Commissioner Daryl Spalding, in whose district the highway lies, and Co. Engineer Ed Hoyle were scheduled to go to Olympia ... The study consists of two parts: one, to determine which routes ought to be under county jurisdiction; and two, to address financial reimbursements through distribution of state and federal gas tax revenues.
— White Salmon Enterprise
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