Yesteryears
1924 — 100 years ago
A movement among local Japanese to have a serious obstacle to the exportation of apples to Japan removed was given a decided backing after the matter had been talked over with Embassy Secretary Saburi last weekend. It is stated that, in order to protect the extremely small apple growing industry in Japan an absolute embargo has been placed on Northwest fruit, with the result that thousands who might eat Oregon apples never have an opportunity to get acquainted with them. — Hood River News
On the top of a pinnacle of dirt only a few inches high, and surrounded by 10 arrow heads, a gold $3 piece was found about five miles northeast of here on the Washington side of the river Tuesday by Mrs. W. E. Wise, it was reported today. The gold piece, dated 1856, was in an almost perfect state of preservation and is believed to be of considerable value. How or when it was placed at the spot is not known ... Mrs. Wise and a party of friends were on the north bank in search of arrow heads when the gold piece was discovered. Wind had blown the sand away for some distance around the little pinnacle, the place being a hard-pan formation.— The Dalles Chronicle
Further evidence that The Dalles is growing, not only in population but by spreading its territory, is contained in a survey of the building permit records at the city hall this morning by D. L. Cates, city recorder.
... — The Dalles Chronicle
Three-quarters of a million cut-throat and rainbow trout will be planted in streams of western Klickitat County, announces D.H. Sorter, of the county game and fish commission. The small fish will be put into Mill Creek and Buck Creek, and some into Trout Lake the latter part of this month. It is possible that only half of the 750,000 trout will be put in at this time and the rest a little later on. —White Salmon Enterprise
1944 — 80 years ago
Physicians of Hood River have again agreed to hold clinics on the various school districts for the purpose of protecting children against diphtheria and smallpox. The Hood River County Health Association, sponsor of these clinics, recognize with appreciation the contribution our local physicians are making in such busy times toward what they consider a most worthy health program. — Hood River News
A recruiting campaign is being carried on by field offices of the war manpower committee throughout the state for 40 journeyman carpenters and 200 nail-up men and material handlers, it was reported today by Jack Kennedy of the local United States employment service. These workers are needed immediately to perform vital war work on a coastal area project located 100 miles from Portland, Kennedy said. — The Dalles Chronicle
... A campaign for the collection of coffee jars here has resulted in a total 10,000 jars, it was reported today by Paul R. McCulloch, school superintendent. The jars, collected by students from three city grade schools, are sold to a coffee company. The money will be put into a school fund to purchase radios, phonographs and other equipment, McCulloch said. — The Dalles Chronicle
The children in the White Salmon grade school purchased $86.20 worth of stamps and bonds this Wednesday morning. It brings the total on the fifth Jeep being purchased for the army to $805.05 so far. The fifth grade bought the largest amount this week, $25.10. Mr. Pollard, postmaster, who at present is in the navy, attended the bond sale. He spoke to the children in an assembly and cheered them on for working so faithfully for Uncle Sam. — White Salmon Enterprise
1964 — 60 years ago
Flu took Hood River High School by storm last week, causing attendance figures to drop by 23 per cent of the enrollment by Tuesday. The trouble was first noticed Monday, when a long absentee list was turn in. Then several students fell ill at school and had to be taken home. — Hood River News
It’s a little early to be breaking records, but Marnie Moore, a Dalles junior, did just that Wednesday in Portland. And he did it with a broken finger. Moore, back from last year’s edition of Coach Al Miller’s DHS track squad, hurled the discus 141-6, breaking a school mark that has stood since 1957 when Jim Taylor hurled the plate 137-8. — The Dalles Chronicle
1984 — 40 years ago
Marin Tyler of Parkdale was the surprise winner of the 1984 Women Helping Women Award. It was presented by Soroptimist International of Hood River at an awards banquet Friday at the Columbia Gorge Hotel. The Women Helping Women award honors the woman judged by a non- Soroptimist committee to have done the most to advance the status of women. Tyler was one of 12 women nominated. — Hood River News
The Dalles City Council Monday agreed to donate 1.28 acres of land on Cherry Heights Road and cleared the way for development of a new Mid-Columbia Senior Center. The center would be constructed near Mill Creek with another site reserved adjacent to Cherry Heights Road for a fire station which is not now on the drawing boards.
Wasco County resident Rosemary McGreer has won a suit in which the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh claimed she defamed him in comments she made on a national television show. She will now sue for damages. — The Dalles Chronicle
Although it passed the state Legislature and is expected to be signed into law by Gov. John Spellman, Washington residents will get one more Fourth of July to buy firecrackers before a bill banning them takes effect in January 1985. — White Salmon Enterprise
2004 — 20 years ago
Ideas — and fiberglass fumes — filled the air in Jeff Blackman’s Applied Engineering class at the high school recently as students worked on their projects, electrically powered vehicles, for the Electrathon America-sponsored e-car races to be held in April. This is the fourth year Blackman has guided his engineers in training from the start to the finish line of competition. What’s different this year is the students are using composite materials to build the cars. — Hood River News
The Granada Theater’s marquee is blank now, and nobody quite knows what words to place there. After a strong beginning five years ago, a non-profit foundation that operated the historic building as a children’s performing arts center ceased to exist this week, leaving the Granada’s future unclear. “There was an excitement, watching the kids come in,” says The Dalles resident Jim Lobdell, one of the foundation’s board members. “They were experiencing the magic that this place has, and always had. You walk through the door, and it’s not just a theater here. It’s different, and it belongs to the community ...” — The Dalles Chronicle
More than a third of last week’s Watershed Resource Inventory Area meeting in White Salmon was devoted to whether the committee would pay to have the level of groundwater in wells around Condit Dam tested. But in the end, no decision was reached. The watershed group is charged with creating a plan for water management in a geographic area that stretches from Rock Creek in Skamania to Major Creek in Klickitat County. The plan is supposed to be in place by June 30, 2005. — White Salmon Enterprise
Global Headlines
1924
Hymn Is Banned
Japanese Sailors Are Still Alive
Prison Sentences Asked For Germans
Dr. Koo Negotiates Russian Diplomacy
Hope Abandoned For Imprisoned Sailors
1944
Russians Vault Dniester, Streaming into Bessarabia
Aerial Assault On Europe Now In Sixth Day
Japanese Launch Major Drive on India’s Frontier
King Peter Weds Princess
1964
Gunfire Shakes Informal Truce On Cyprus
U.S. Charged By Cambodia In Attack
Saigon Apologizes For Border Raid
Russians Release Injured U. S. Flier
1984
China, U.S. sign tax treaty
Russian tanker hits mine, U.S. charged
with ‘undeclared’ war
2004
Powell defends US Iraq invasion
Taiwan leader survives shot
Kosovo riots prompt warning
Pakistanis push militant battle
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