1916 — 100 years ago
The Commercial Club is in receipt of a letter from Dorsey B. Smith saying that he has reduced the tolls on cars to the Inn to $2 for all sized automobiles and to 50 cents for saddle horses. They advise that all toll receipts are spent upon the road and ask that people who wish to use the road appreciate that the cost of keeping the road open is expensive and that as all the money received is used in maintenance, no one should use the road who does not wish to contribute to its upkeep.
1926 — 90 years ago
Members of the W.C.T.U. in this county have been asked in a letter from Mrs. Mary L. Mallett, state president, to do their part in the national organization’s effort to get out the dry registration and vote this fall. Any methods which will prove effective in each locality are urged upon the women, Mrs. Mallett says. A “Registration Sunday,” when pastors of churches throughout the state use their influence to have their congregations share in the campaign, swelling the dry vote, is also being planned, and letters are to be sent to the clergy, Mrs. Mallett stated.
1936 — 80 years ago
Under the excellent supervision of Gertrude Skow Sandford, extension specialist in community social service at O.S.C., and her able assistants, Alice Spurgin, state champion in campfire building, Medford High School, and Elizabeth Stayton, specialist in crafts, O.S.C., the Homemakers’ Camp at Lost Lake, Aug. 6-9, was a decided success. Twenty-three women from Wasco County and 27 from Hood River County enjoyed every minute of the four day camp. From the oldest women in camp, Mother Beam, 81 years, The Dalles, to the youngest, Anita Gronewald, 18 years, Mosier, expressed a desire to return next year for a longer period. Activities included swimming, rowing, hikes, games, pounding of copper disks into ornamental plates and ash trays, throwing horseshoes, plenty of books and magazines for reading, many hours of rest and sleep, and food, such as only Mother McLucas and her able helpers know how to prepare.
1946 — 70 years ago
For the sixth time in about 16 years, the McIsaac store at Parkdale was burglariously entered sometime after midnight Saturday, and after they had worked on the safe for two or more hours, the burglars left, taking with them a large strong box containing a fairly a large sum of money and many checks. The burglars, who are believed to be members of a group working towards the coast form the Middle West, entered the store from the rear and, selecting wedges and other tools from the store’s stock, went to work methodically to force entrance to the safe. County and city officers who investigated found no clues leading to identify the burglars.
1956 — 60 years ago
Amendment of the Hood River-White Salmon bridge bond issue resolution which would permit investment of surplus funds in industrial site and waterfront development is being sought by the Port of Hood River following passage of a resolution during the Tuesday evening meeting. The resolution permits Paul D. Speer, Chicago, consultant on municipal finance and consultant on the local bridge since 1950, to contact bondholders with a proposal to amend the present resolution, which binds the port to pay off the bond issue on an accelerated basis with surplus funds from bridge tolls. The estimated surplus by 1966 is $652,630. Speer said he believes the amendment can be negotiated and estimates it will require up to six months to contact the bondholders.
1966 — 50 years ago
A large crane moved in, and office building cropped up, and the Hood River Village motel-restaurant construction was underway early this week. “You can call it a million dollar construction project,” said developer Norman Glenn. Actual figure given was $1,009,886. This included the structure for a Diamond Fruit Growers sales building, but no the refrigeration unit. It also includes a 64-uit, two level motel building, a two level restaurant with lounge, main dining room and coffee shop on the lower level. Over it, there will be a 200-capacity banquet room, with smaller satellite banquet rooms beside it.
1976 — 40 years ago
“It was sad when the great ship went down … so sad,” sang 43 young, carefree girls at Camp Yallani one day last week. They didn’t know it, but the song could just as well have applied to their camp. The State Health Department Division says 40-year-old Yallani is in no physical condition to operate as it is any more. To meet required regulations, new facilities would have to be built at the camp, located on Kingsley Reservoir, high in the woods seven miles southwest of Hood River. But that presents a problem, too. The Hood River Irrigation District is proposing the Oak Grove Watershed Plan, a project that would create a dam and enlarge the reservoir for improved irrigation and increased recreation, and at the same time inundate most of Camp Yallani.
1986 — 30 years ago
Big news in the wine world is a rise in the prestige of Oregon vinifera wines, particularly pinot noir and chardonnay. Right there in the middle of it all are Cliff an Eileen Blanchette of Post Canyon Drive, whose small Hood River Vineyards winery has managed to produce wines consistently ranked by judges among the best in the state. Now the Blanchettes have added another rung on their success ladder. They won two gold medals — one for chardonnay, another for pear wine — at the Oregon State Fair Aug. 4-7.
1996 — 20 years
When Hood River Valley orchardists start picking Bartlett pears later this week, they will experience a lesson in extremes. For some, the year is a positive one, with the highest Bartlett cannery prices in decades. For others, it is a year of disappointment, with one of the smallest and most devastating Bartlett crops in history. How orchardists fare all depends on location. “It’s been a very strange year. Folks in the lower valley seem very happy with their Bartlett crops and the nice prices, but the upper valley is really hurting,” said Franz Niederholzer, Hood River County Extension Service horticulture agent.
2006 — 10 years ago
The upper Hood River Valley may fill with even more smoke during the next few days as firefighters burn out fuels on Mount Hood. The fire team working on the Bluegrass Ridge and Gumjuwac Saddle fires have been cutting fire lines for days in preparation. The concept behind burning out an area is to deprive it of fuels by burning from the fire line to the blaze. Going forward with the burnout operation depends on the weather, according to incident commander Carl West. “We are looking forward to cooler temperatures and increased relative humidity,” West said.
— Compiled by Trisha Walker, news staff writer
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