PAMELA AND JAMES TINDALL, proprietors of the newly-opened Orchard Hill Inn north of Husum, display the authentic German architectural touches which have been added to an outbuilding near the facility.
"SLEEPY INDIAN HORSES from the Warm Springs Reservation will burst into fishtailing and rocking chair action Saturday and Sunday for the All-Indian Rodeo at Tygh Valley. Here are early arrivals in a corral at the rodeo grounds on US 197 just north of Tygh Valley." The Dalles Chronicle, May 21, 1965
An ad that read "We are all eager to learn of the 'affairs of state' — to know what is being done in political circles — even though we are not there to see for ourselves. News —the very day it happens—is faithfully wired by our representatives in the capital and all parts of the country. Read the Oregon Journal if you are interested in what your country is doing." The Dalles Chronicle, May 1925.
PAMELA AND JAMES TINDALL, proprietors of the newly-opened Orchard Hill Inn north of Husum, display the authentic German architectural touches which have been added to an outbuilding near the facility.
Shortly after an automobile hit a rock near Ruthton Hill last Sunday it sprang a leak, and within a few minutes there was a general sniffing of noses and a look of interrogation in the eye of those who stood around. Finally, local officers picked up the scent and after a brief search of the car, the driver and owner, a Seattle resident, was requested to be the guests of Hood River county. The leak came from a couple of bottles of moonshine, which had come into violent collision when the car hit the rock. There were a number of other pint bottles of booze in the car, which was seized. Questioned at Hood River, the woman passenger said she had been around with the male driver for the past several weeks and had been drunk for the past three weeks.
— Hood River News, 1925
An ad that read "We are all eager to learn of the 'affairs of state' — to know what is being done in political circles — even though we are not there to see for ourselves. News —the very day it happens—is faithfully wired by our representatives in the capital and all parts of the country. Read the Oregon Journal if you are interested in what your country is doing." The Dalles Chronicle, May 1925.
A warm-hearted welcome was given to The Dalles citizens who visited Condon yesterday under the leadership of the Kiwanis club. Main street in the Gilliam county capital was gay with American flags and every window on both sides of the street bore the painted slogan, “Welcome to The Dalles.”
The new dance law, which regulates the giving of dances outside of incorporated cities in Oregon, became effective yesterday, according to County Judge J. T. Adkisson. Under the terms of the new law all dances outside of incorporated cities must close at 12 o’clock. In addition the managers of the respective dance halls must put up bond in the sum of $500 as a guarantee that order will be preserved.
A verdict of not guilty was returned by a jury last night in the case of Frank Oades, charged with maliciously killing a dog which was the property of T. A. Sammis, Jr. The jury was out five hours.
— The Dalles Chronicle
A 1925 Zerolene ad in The Dalles Chronicle from June 1985.
1945 — 80 years ago
Music lovers from the Mid-Columbia region and various more distant points will be thrilled by the combination of musical talent from Hood River, White Salmon and The Dalles, and the vivacious personality of the guest artist, Mary Bambery, at the Hood River Music Association’s concert at the high school auditorium the evening of June 8, under the skilled direction of Boris Sirpo. The concert will be repeated Saturday evening, June 9, in The Dalles.
— Hood River News, 1945
Damage to the building supplies and fixtures estimated in excess of $3,000 occurred here Saturday evening when fire broke out in the basement under the Siberrian shop and spread beneath the barber shop, shoe shine parlor and the Granada Theater before firemen could extinguish the blaze.
The liberation of 1st Lt. Vern L. Larson, son of Arnie E. Larson of The Dalles, from a German prison camp, was confirmed officially in a telegram received today. Lt. Larson, a graduate of the Hood River high school, was the pilot of a B-24 bomber and was shot down on his 39th mission, over Vienna December 11. He was held as a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft 1. His wife, Mrs. Frances M. Larson, resides at Tucson, Ariz.
— The Dalles Chronicle
The f.o.b. country shipping point ceiling prices on the 1945 crop of sweet cherries for table use will average about nine per cent less than the ceilings set for last year’s crop, W. H. McCargar, district OPA food price specialist has announced. The new intra-zone sales f.o.b. country shipping point ceilings from the beginning of the season through June 17 for zones I and II will be 17.75c per pound and from June 18 to end of season 17c per pound, McCargar said. All other sales, per pound will be 22.25c through June 17 and 21.50c. to end of season. Zone I is in California, Zone II comprises Oregon and Washington.
— White Salmon Enterprise
"SLEEPY INDIAN HORSES from the Warm Springs Reservation will burst into fishtailing and rocking chair action Saturday and Sunday for the All-Indian Rodeo at Tygh Valley. Here are early arrivals in a corral at the rodeo grounds on US 197 just north of Tygh Valley." The Dalles Chronicle, May 21, 1965
1965 — 60 years ago
Sidewalk sales, costumes galore, and bargains in just about every store in town is the menu for Hood River’s fourth annual Crazy Days celebration, scheduled this weekend. The big event starts bright and early Thursday morning, continues through Friday with most stores staying open until 8:30 Friday night, and goes on through Saturday. This week’s Hood River News is a whopping 28 pages, and they’re all full of Crazy Days bargains.
— Hood River News, 1965
Supplies for a 200-bed emergency hospital that could be put into service within hours after a national disaster were unloaded by Wasco County Civil Defense officials Friday. The supplies were unloaded from the trailer of a truck topside on The Dalles Dam powerhouse, and then by hoist to the sixth floor for storage where they could be used.
The closing arguments by attorneys and the judge’s directions to the jury remain in the trial to determine what the interstate should pay for the property it took from Port of The Dalles for the by-pass highway.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Awards handed out by Columbia high school to graduating seniors of the Class of 1965 showed seven seniors delving up the nine awards handed out, three to Dennis Hill, Valedictorian of the class. The almost two hour commencement ceremony held in a stuffy-hot Columbia auditorium was held before a jam-packed crowed of parents and friends. Almost immediately following the short reception in the gym almost the entire class boarded two buses for Portland where they held a dinner and dance at the Park Havland Hotel. A jam up on dates by the orchestra in Portland prevented a dance session in the early hours but about four in the a.m. the seniors manage to dig up a combo and then the rest of the hotel guests hit the floor (ceiling?).
— White Salmon Enterprise
1985 — 40 years ago
In recognition of an accomplishment which Hood River County School District business manager Norm Hand called “outstanding”, district school bus drivers were honored at a banquet Friday evening for completing a year entirely free of vehicle accidents. “I’ve been with the district for 16 years,” said Hand, “and it’s the first time that we have not had even a minor accident. These people are doing a fantastic job for the public. They’ve driven over 270,000 miles so far this year.”
— Hood River News, 1985
An attractive addition to this area’s list of visitor accommodations opened Memorial Day Weekend in a secluded farm house north of White Salmon. Orchard Hill Inn, owned and operated by James and Pamela Tindall, is a country “bed and breakfast” located about two miles up Oak Ridge Road near Husum. Although such “B and B’s” are a longstanding tradition in Europe, they’ve only recently become popular in this country. In fact, the Tindalls decided to establish such a facility after staying in similar ones in Germany. “We were traveling in Europe and we spent a lot of time in the ‘mountain huts’ there,” Pamela Tindall said. “These are places in the middle of nowhere – rustic, good food, with deep valley floors. We fell in love with that type of building, and we thought, wouldn’t that be a great family business to have.”
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