Yesteryears
1924 — 100 years ago
At the Lunch Club on Tuesday, held at the Oriental Café, J.W. Smithson gave an interesting talk on the manufacture of the large telephone cables now use in this valley by the Oregon-Washington Telephone Co., of which he is manager. Exhibiting a cable which carries 100 pairs of wires, Mr. Smithson reviewed the big development which has taken place in the manufacture of cables by machinery in the past ten years.
— Hood River News
Eight penniless men were given beds at the city jail again last night. They hail from many states and as a rule are of the shiftless type. Among the states represented on the police blotter this morning were Idaho, Iowa, Illinois, Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, Texas and one foreign land, Germany.
— The Dalles Chronicle
1944 — 80 years ago
Throughout the state, officers are exhibiting growing interest in the license tags displayed on cars and other automotive vehicles. For this reason, it is suggested that all who plan to use their cars or trucks on the highways and who have not yet purchased the 1944 license sticker, see Sheriff John Sheldrake and obtain a temporary permit, as the cheapest way out of a possible difficulty.
— Hood River News
Tin can collections will get under way in The Dalles tomorrow, when city trucks will pick up cans from the area west of Union street, it was announced by W. Wray Lawrence, county salvage chairman. Householders were advised to place flattened tin cans, in boxes or other containers, at the curb...
— The Dalles Chronicle
The Parent Teacher association is now engaged in collecting wastepaper and in soliciting your cooperation ask that those having waste paper, separate the newspapers, magazines and brown paper or carton material. Tie in bundles not to exceed twelve inches in height or put in cartons. If not convenient to deliver to the grade school or to Martin’s Auto Service Station, notify Mr. Ford at telephone 353 and it will be picked up, says F.G. Martin, chairman of the Bingen-White Salmon Chamber of Commerce committee.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1964 — 60 years ago
Teacher salaries ranging from $4,000 to $8,000 won approval of the county school board last week, and boardmen agreed to put all teachers at their proper step on the suggested schedule. All principals will go on the schedule too, if the board approved budget survives budget hearings. Starting salary for a beginning teacher with a BA degree will be $4,800 this year.
— Hood River News
School District 12 plans to sponsor a vocational training program in cooperation with federal and state agencies as part of the national campaign against unemployment.
Members of the school board voted Thursday night to approve a proposal that at least two courses be offered. — The Dalles Chronicle
Northern Wasco County’s water resource story can best be told in terms of “too much and too little,” of drought and deluge, the State Water Resource Board learned here Wednesday night. — The Dalles Chronicle
1984 — 40 years ago
The City of Cascade Locks and its electric utility customers are still waiting for an Oregon Supreme Court decision regarding who’s to pay construction costs for two terminated nuclear power plants in Washington State. The city’s share in the costs accrued before termination of the plants amounts to just over $5 million. Should the facility be set free of this obligations, funds collected through the electrical rates to offset the possible payment to WPPSS can be refunded to electric customers of the utility.
— Hood River News
People who drive through an Indian guru’s town with a gun in the gunrack of their pickup now can be stopped by the local police to find out if the weapon is loaded.
A new city ordinance makes it unlawful to carry a firearm on a public street in Rajneeshpuram unless it is unloaded.
Six miles of Wasco County roads are inside the city limits.
The law also forbids people from carrying guns — loaded or unloaded — or other dangerous weapons into public buildings. Violators could face a $1,000 fine.
— The Dalles Chronicle
A levy will be needed this spring to maintain existing programs and services offered by White Salmon Valley Schools. That was the consensus at the year’s first meeting of the district’s Budget Advisory Committee. Budget committee members delayed a decision on the specific amount of the levy which, as in previous years, will only replace the existing operating levy. State funding continues to provide only part of the school’s total operating revenues, Superintendent Rick Melching noted.
— White Salmon Enterprise
2004 — 20 years ago
Members of a citizen group informed the Hood River City Council on Monday that they might compromise on the size of a waterfront park. “I just feel if we could get on the same page, you (council members) could look like heroes, the port could look like heroes and the community would be happy,” said resident Linda Maddox of the Citizens for Responsible Waterfront Development. However, she said she could not speak for the majority of city voters who approved Measure 14-16 in November, asking that 21.7 acres north of Portway Avenue be preserved for a public park.
— Hood River News
Officials tracking the Jan. 15 oil spill into the Columbia River are estimating that a total of 2,000 gallons spilled, with 1,300 gallons going into the water. The other 700 gallons were recovered within the dam structure before the mineral oil could seep into the river.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle
It looks as if that new Dickey Farms fruit stand will be taking shape soon. While not final, the Bingen City Council voted unanimously Jan. 20 to give tentative approval for Dickey Farms’ requested short plat. The property under review is a 12.7 acre parcel on the north side of State Route 14 in Bingen. The site is directly across the highway from Dickey’s old stand.
— White Salmon Enterprise
Global Headlines
1924
Griffis, Freed, To Sail For New York
Venizelos Sumons Wife And Physician
Simplicity Is Feature Of New German Art
Bobbed Hair Still Popular In Paris
1944
American Forces Attacking Japs in Marshall Islands
Berlin Devastated As Result of Raids
Economic Disaster Faces Germans
If Russians Take Polish Pantry
Hitler’s Speech Changes Tune
1964
Pro U.S. Military Overthrows Nam Rule
Soviets Say U.S. Plane Didn’t Stray
Panama Breaks Off Canal Talks
1984
Demonstrators rally against Philippine President Marcos
U.S. aid to El Salvador reaffirmed
Space shuttle’s second try places satellite into orbit
2004
Afghan blast kills seven; Oregonian dies in Iraq
Hamas claims bombing role
U.N. team may return to Iraq
BBC reports fallout continues
Car bomb strikes Iraq police station
Opportunity rolls on Mars
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