Sandbags protect a building from the Christmas Flood of 1964, a week-long rain and snow event that isolated towns in Eastern Oregon and flooded The Dalles. Published in The Dalles Daily Chronicle Dec. 26, 1964.
Sandbags protect a building from the Christmas Flood of 1964, a week-long rain and snow event that isolated towns in Eastern Oregon and flooded The Dalles. Published in The Dalles Daily Chronicle Dec. 26, 1964.
Spring cleanup, 1964: A picture of the aftermath from the Christmas Flood of 1964, The Dalles Daily Chronicle, republished in 1985.
W. S. Nelson, executive manager of The Dalles Wasco County Chamber of Commerce, with several other local men who are interested in to the project to irrigate a large acreage of land south of The Dalles, were working today on a chart which they expect to present to the irrigation bureau committee and later submit to the members of the Chamber of Commerce. The chart shows relative producing costs with and without irrigation and what the estimated cost of water by various sources would be ...
— The Dalles Chronicle
1945 — 80 years ago
Program arrangements have been completed for the annual meeting of the Southern Wasco County Soil Conservation district, it was reported today by W. Wray Lawrence, county agent ... A number of prominent speakers will be present ... Motion pictures will be shown between 11 and 12 o’clock, following which dinner will be served by the Rebekahs.
— The Dalles Chronicle
The Women’s circle held their annual Christmas party at the circle rooms December 20th. There were more than forty members and guests present. Following the pot luck dinner, new officers for the coming year were elected. Mrs. Jay Hawes was chosen as president and Mrs. J.A. Ramage as vice president; Mrs. Glen Park, secretary and Mrs, Robert Frey, treasurer. Several new members were taken in during the evening and as a part of the program, gifts were exchanged, games played and carols sung by the group. The new officers will be installed at the next meeting January 3, 1945.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1965 — 60 years ago
Three prisoners who gained brief freedom Christmas Eve after overpowering the night jailer at the Wasco County courthouse will face one or more new criminal charges, county authorities said today. The incident took place at 9:20 p.m. Thursday when jailer C. R. Gove entered the cell block “to get something,” Sheriff Sterling Trent said.
— The Dalles Chronicle
White Salmon’s fire department continued to answer fire calls this week. Saturday they had a call to a spot opposite the Fred Manahan home where a car was on fire. The car belonged to Cliff Warner.
They had spent some three hours working on the car attempting to get it out. They did, setting the motor on fire. All the wiring was destroyed.
On Monday night about 6:00 the department answered a flue fire call to the Oregon Washington telephone building. The oil furnace either exploded causing the fire or soot in the chimney took off. Later it was learned passers-by had noticed intense smoke almost an hour earlier. The fumes were noticed over most of the business section.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1985 — 40 years ago
The issuance of a mass gathering permit for the 1985 Rajneesh world celebration suffered a setback Wednesday when members of Concerned Oregonians of Wasco County and other community members appeared to testify against the permit.
— The Dalles Chronicle
The state will seek fines— possibly the largest ever imposed by the Oregon Department of Commerce — against two Rajneeshee groups for violating the state electrical code in 640 huts at Rajneeshpuram.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Icel Benson, Bingen city clerk and treasurer, declared last week her intention to seek appointment to the 17th District of the House of Representatives. Benson, the wife of Skamania County Commissioner William V. Benson, wants to see a Skamania or Klickitat County nominee appointed to the post, and she feels she is qualified for the job.
“I’ve been mentally cursing myself,” she said of her delayed decision. “There are many intelligent, capable people in these two counties,” she said, noting many were choosing not to get involved.
Benson feels she is uniquely qualified to represent the district. She lives in west Skamania County, works in west Klickitat. She shops in all three counties comprising the district, Klickitat, Skamania and Clark, and as clerk-treasure she is in touch with state and county goings-on.
— White Salmon Enterprise
2005 — 20 years ago
[Year in Review:] After filing deceptive building and sign permits listing “newsstand and retail store” as its intended business, an adult book and video store opens, to the chagrin of the community. A broad opposition group forms, blanketing the city with “Not in our town” signs and organizing a continuous vigil of pickets.
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