Yesteryears
1924 — 100 years ago
Prompt action by the Chamber of Commerce and the State Editorial Association this week resulted in news being received here from Representative Sinnott that while a policy of slowing up on forest road work is contemplated, there is little danger that work on the Loop Highway and Cooper’s Spur lateral may entirely cease, as feared here when news of the proposed curtailment of the road fund was received here. — Hood River News
Fred L. Gifford, grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in the state of Oregon, and other prominent speakers of that organization, will appear in the klan lodge rooms tonight, according to an announcement. The meeting will be open to klansmen and klanswomen only.
Fifty acres of potatoes from the district near Friend are sought by the officials of The Dalles Cooperative Growers Association.
The second entry in the annual “big egg” contest was made today, with the exhibition of a White Leghorn egg by Mrs. H. McCullough, of 615 East Second street. The egg measures 5 1/2 inches around the middle and 8 3-8 inches around the long way. It is the third of that size laid by the same hen. — The Dalles Chronicle
Why Should We Have Good Schools: The entire cost of public education in the United States last year was $1,500,000,000. This may seem at first thought to be a huge amount, but let us reflect that it constituted but two per cent of our national income. Then again by way of comparison the amount spent for public education, which includes all appropriations for grammar schools, high schools, colleges and universities, was $300,000,000 less than was spent in the United States in the same length of time for candy, soft drinks and ice cream … — White Salmon Enterprise
1944 — 80 years ago
All Are Urged To Report Fires: During the month of April, all drivers of stages, freight trucks, milk trucks and other vehicles that travel regularly over the Columbia River highway through the Columbia River Gorge are to be contacted and given a copy of the following letter, according to District Ranger Albert Wiesendanger: “Since you travel almost every day over the Columbia River Highway between Crown Point and Hood River, it would be appreciated if you will promptly report any fire you may happen to see burning in the grass, brush or timber along the railroad right of way or above the highway …” — Hood River News
A five acre tract of land located immediately east of The Dalles, and owned by Mrs. Edward Seufert, has been purchased by Post 2471 of the Veterans of Foreign Affairs, it was announced today by Mrs. Seufert.
Included in the transaction were the Old Cellar, the Old Mill, two cabins, a foundry and the smelter.
The Old Mill, according to the report, will be used by the veterans as a recreation center for members and returning veterans. The entire building will be remodeled. The top floor will be used as a dance hall and the ground floor will be converted into large recreation rooms. — The Dalles Chronicle
LYLE — The Jarvis Brothers, of Rowena, Oregon, have sold their ferryboat to the government. This ferry operated between Lyle and Rowena until the brothers went into the service. Future ferry service at Lyle is indefinite. — White Salmon Enterprise
1964 — 60 years ago
A new $175,000 link between Parkdale and Highway 35 will be ready for bids on April 21, according to County Surveyor George Frey. Right of way for the 2.29 mile stretch of new road, with the exception of three properties, has been acquired. If the three remaining property owners fail to sign an agreement, condemnation proceedings will be filed, Frey said. The new road will extend Baseline road east of Parkdale to a junction with the state highway. — Hood River News
The preliminary general fund budget of School District 12, The Dalles, for the coming year dropped below $1,600,000 Thursday night.
A rivulet flowed down Union Street at mid-afternoon Thursday after a break occurred in the 12-inch cast iron water transmission line that runs from the city hall well to the 14th Street reservoir. City Manager C. Dean Smith said the leakage either occurred at a joint or through a crack... — The Dalles Chronicle
1984 — 40 years ago
Excavation work on a new city off-street parking facility at Front and State streets is expected to begin next week. City council members cleared the way for the work Monday when they approved a low bid for the project. Council members weren’t so quick to award a swimming pool boiler replacement contract, however. Following City Engineer Pete Harris’ recommendation, the council opted to hold the bids on the boiler replacement until sufficient funds are found to pay off a new boiler. — Hood River News
The legal owner of the Antelope Community Church will be determined in a trial that begins Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Circuit Court for Wasco County. The city of Antelope and the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon both claim ownership of the building.
A group of women who are conducting a cross-country walk for peace and disarmament will be in The Dalles on Saturday where a series of events is being planned by a local peace group.
Martin Marietta’s facility in The Dalles is one of four sites in the state on which the Environmental Quality Commission is going to conduct further studies. — The Dalles Chronicle
“Our goal is to sell insects — hopefully at a profit.” That’s how Elizabeth Grimes, an entomologist now living in The Dalles, describes a new venture being promoted by the Klickitat / Skamania Development Council. “Columbia River Insectary” filed as a corporation in Olympia Feb. 22 with the goal of selling beneficial insects to aid ranchers, dairymen and others plagued by a host of different fly species grown increasingly resistant to pesticides. — White Salmon Enterprise
2004 — 20 years ago
Democratic presidential candidate Dennis J. Kucinich will visit Hood River on Monday. On his second visit to Oregon in less than a week, Kucinich will kick off another leg of his campaign tour with stops in Hood River beginning with a private fundraising dinner followed by a presentation at the Columbia Gorge Hotel Ballroom. — Hood River News
Demolition is scheduled to begin Monday on the older of two former warehouses at the historic Wasco Milling Co. buildings on East Second St. in The Dalles.
The building, which was constructed in the 1860s according to a member of The Dalles Historic Landmarks Commission, has been deteriorating for many years. Part of the roof had collapsed ...
In what is being billed as the largest recumbent bike race on the West Coast, the inaugural Wasco Wild West 75-Mile Recumbent Race will be held near The Dalles. — The Dalles Chronicle
Conceptual plans that could bring a new future for the old Broughton Lumber Co. mill in Skamania County are on the table. A preliminary plan for a destination resort at the former industrial site has been submitted to the Columbia River Gorge Commission. One of the proponents of the concept pointed out that there is not yet a specific, final plan for the site … — White Salmon Enterprise
Global Headlines
1924
Aviation Secrets Of U. S. Betrayed To Japan, Charged
Eighteen Are Dead In Bad Booze Orgy
1944
Many Jap Ships Sunk by U.S. Fleet in Palau Attack
Italian Troops Helping Nazis on Anzio Beachhead
Salvador Said Scene of Revolt
China Denies Russia’s Charges
1964
Goulart Position Weakened As Militarymen Join Rebels
Gaiety Reappears In Budapest
U.S. Seeking Brazilian Ties
1984
Lava flow continuing march on Hilo, threat said ‘still real’
Debts are seed of despair for U.S. farmers
2004
Nations pledge Afghan assistance
Gunmen kill four in Baghdad
Violence continues in Mideast
Iraq riots hit five cities
yesteryears
1924 — 100 years ago
Prompt action by the Chamber of Commerce and the State Editorial Association this week resulted in news being received here from Representative Sinnott that while a policy of slowing up on forest road work is contemplated, there is little danger that work on the Loop Highway and Cooper’s Spur lateral may entirely cease, as feared here when news of the proposed curtailment of the road fund was received here.
— Hood River News
Fred L. Gifford, grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan in the state of Oregon, and other prominent speakers of that organization, will appear in the klan lodge rooms tonight, according to an announcement. The meeting will be open to klansmen and klanswomen only.
Fifty acres of potatoes from the district near Friend are sought by the officials of The Dalles Cooperative Growers Association.
The second entry in the annual “big egg” contest was made today, with the exhibition of a White Leghorn egg by Mrs. H. McCullough, of 615 East Second street. The egg measures 5 1/2 inches around the middle and 8 3-8 inches around the long way. It is the third of that size laid by the same hen.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Why Should We Have Good Schools: The entire cost of public education in the United States last year was $1,500,000,000. This may seem at first thought to be a huge amount, but let us reflect that it constituted but two per cent of our national income. Then again by way of comparison the amount spent for public education, which includes all appropriations for grammar schools, high schools, colleges and universities, was $300,000,000 less than was spent in the United States in the same length of time for candy, soft drinks and ice cream …
— White Salmon Enterprise
1944 — 80 years ago
All Are Urged To Report Fires: During the month of April, all drivers of stages, freight trucks, milk trucks and other vehicles that travel regularly over the Columbia River highway through the Columbia River Gorge are to be contacted and given a copy of the following letter, according to District Ranger Albert Wiesendanger: “Since you travel almost every day over the Columbia River Highway between Crown Point and Hood River, it would be appreciated if you will promptly report any fire you may happen to see burning in the grass, brush or timber along the railroad right of way or above the highway …”
— Hood River News
A five acre tract of land located immediately east of The Dalles, and owned by Mrs. Edward Seufert, has been purchased by Post 2471 of the Veterans of Foreign Affairs, it was announced today by Mrs. Seufert.
Included in the transaction were the Old Cellar, the Old Mill, two cabins, a foundry and the smelter.
The Old Mill, according to the report, will be used by the veterans as a recreation center for members and returning veterans. The entire building will be remodeled. The top floor will be used as a dance hall and the ground floor will be converted into large recreation rooms.
— The Dalles Chronicle
LYLE — The Jarvis Brothers, of Rowena, Oregon, have sold their ferryboat to the government. This ferry operated between Lyle and Rowena until the brothers went into the service. Future ferry service at Lyle is indefinite.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1964 — 60 years ago
A new $175,000 link between Parkdale and Highway 35 will be ready for bids on April 21, according to County Surveyor George Frey. Right of way for the 2.29 mile stretch of new road, with the exception of three properties, has been acquired. If the three remaining property owners fail to sign an agreement, condemnation proceedings will be filed, Frey said. The new road will extend Baseline road east of Parkdale to a junction with the state highway.
— Hood River News
The preliminary general fund budget of School District 12, The Dalles, for the coming year dropped below $1,600,000 Thursday night.
A rivulet flowed down Union Street at mid-afternoon Thursday after a break occurred in the 12-inch cast iron water transmission line that runs from the city hall well to the 14th Street reservoir. City Manager C. Dean Smith said the leakage either occurred at a joint or through a crack...
— The Dalles Chronicle
1984 — 40 years ago
Excavation work on a new city off-street parking facility at Front and State streets is expected to begin next week. City council members cleared the way for the work Monday when they approved a low bid for the project. Council members weren’t so quick to award a swimming pool boiler replacement contract, however. Following City Engineer Pete Harris’ recommendation, the council opted to hold the bids on the boiler replacement until sufficient funds are found to pay off a new boiler.
— Hood River News
The legal owner of the Antelope Community Church will be determined in a trial that begins Tuesday at 9 a.m. in Circuit Court for Wasco County. The city of Antelope and the Episcopal Diocese of Eastern Oregon both claim ownership of the building.
A group of women who are conducting a cross-country walk for peace and disarmament will be in The Dalles on Saturday where a series of events is being planned by a local peace group.
Martin Marietta’s facility in The Dalles is one of four sites in the state on which the Environmental Quality Commission is going to conduct further studies.
— The Dalles Chronicle
“Our goal is to sell insects — hopefully at a profit.” That’s how Elizabeth Grimes, an entomologist now living in The Dalles, describes a new venture being promoted by the Klickitat / Skamania Development Council. “Columbia River Insectary” filed as a corporation in Olympia Feb. 22 with the goal of selling beneficial insects to aid ranchers, dairymen and others plagued by a host of different fly species grown increasingly resistant to pesticides.
— White Salmon Enterprise
2004 — 20 years ago
Democratic presidential candidate Dennis J. Kucinich will visit Hood River on Monday. On his second visit to Oregon in less than a week, Kucinich will kick off another leg of his campaign tour with stops in Hood River beginning with a private fundraising dinner followed by a presentation at the Columbia Gorge Hotel Ballroom.
— Hood River News
Demolition is scheduled to begin Monday on the older of two former warehouses at the historic Wasco Milling Co. buildings on East Second St. in The Dalles.
The building, which was constructed in the 1860s according to a member of The Dalles Historic Landmarks Commission, has been deteriorating for many years. Part of the roof had collapsed ...
In what is being billed as the largest recumbent bike race on the West Coast, the inaugural Wasco Wild West 75-Mile Recumbent Race will be held near The Dalles.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Conceptual plans that could bring a new future for the old Broughton Lumber Co. mill in Skamania County are on the table. A preliminary plan for a destination resort at the former industrial site has been submitted to the Columbia River Gorge Commission. One of the proponents of the concept pointed out that there is not yet a specific, final plan for the site …
— White Salmon Enterprise
PHOTO
Chiefs’ Exchange: Fire Chief Fusao Nagato of Tsuruta, Japan, and Hood River Fire Chief Don Petito enjoy trading department badges Monday as part of a tour of the fire hall by Nagato and other dignitaries from Hood River’s sister city. Tsuruta representatives visit Hood River every two years or so, but this was the first official fire hall visit since Petito became chief last summer ... Photo by RaeLynn Ricarte. — March 31, 2004, Hood River News
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