Yesteryears
1923 — 100 years ago
With the exception of a few men engaged in ditching work in preparation for the coming winter storms, the Lost Lake road crew, which has been working under W.A. Langille all summer, was called in last week and work will be suspended until next spring. Three miles of the Lost Lake road has been surfaced with rock and the remaining 1 ½ miles will be surfaced as early as the road can be worked next spring. — Hood River News
Wire to Be Buried Deeper—Several men have been engaged for the last two days drilling the pavement along curb on Second street between Federal and Washington, where a lighting wire has been exposed to the surface. The wire will be placed lower in the concrete and new concrete poured over it.
Grain Awards Are Made—County Agent C. W. Daigh is in possession today of two purple and two gold ribbons, awarded as sweepstake prizes to C. F. Emerson for the best half bushel of barley and to G. L. Webb, for the best half bushes of rye on exhibit at the state fair in Salem.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Bills amounting to $1,009.57 were ordered paid at Wednesday night’s session of the town council. Of this amount $368 goes for repairing the Jewett bridge. Water Superintendent John Lauterbach reported half of the meters in Hood River district had not been registering correctly and the two had been repaired by him to date.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1943 — 80 years ago
Apple Growers Association this week is appealing to men from the town area to help out at the cold storage plants during the present emergency, arising from a serious shortage of workers who normally engage in this type of work. A few hours of work for one or more evenings will be highly appreciated at these plants and work performed will be paid for the rate of 82 ½ cents an hour.
— Hood River News
Mill Still Burns — The Kerr-Gifford flour mill ruins still are burning today, smoke having issued continuously from the hot embers and steaming grain ever since the big fire during the night of October 5-6. Fire hose continues to be used there to wet down the sides of the building hulks, to prevent further spread of the flames.
— The Dalles Chronicle
The Aircraft Warning service will be placed on alert status beginning at 6 p.m. Oct. 16, 1943. The observation posts and Filter centers will no longer be manned 24 hours a day but will be subject to call instead. The Aircraft Warning service definitely is not being abandoned, only certain component parts of it are being placed on this alert status. This decision is not based on any belief that the end of the war is near, but that we are carrying the offensive directly to the enemy.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1963 — 60 years ago
A pesky beaver felled a cottonwood tree near Hood River Oct. 2, starting a chain reaction of electrical troubles for Pacific Power & Light Company in the Odell, Parkdale and Dee areas. The beaver selected a tree near the power company’s 69,000-volt Neal Creek line about one-half mile south of the Powerdale plant. The tree fell against the line, causing a short circuit and a power outage. Service was restored in an hour and 24 minutes.
— Hood River News
Voters in four of Wasco County’s 39 precincts will be balloting at newly located polling places next Tuesday. County Clerk Hal Howard said this morning that all election boards have been established and other preparations completed in his office for the tax referendum election. Wasco County reached a new high voter registration figure, 8,510, before the deadline in advance of the election. Since that time a number of other prospective voters have registered although not qualified to cast ballots this time.
— The Dalles Chronicle
A “change of signals” on the state level has slowed White Salmon’s drive for a new high school by at least one year. The 338 students now packed into Columbia High School will feel it spacious compared to the 400 or more who will occupy the same crowded school before new quarters can possibly be built. The influx of new high school students this Fall has already made the situation worse. — White Salmon Enterprise
1983 — 40 years ago
A proposed improvement to a section of C Street on the Heights was shelved by city council members Mon-day night after a recommendation from City Engineer Pete Harris to do so. Eleven property owners adjacent to the proposed improvement from 15th to 17th streets and from C to B street on 17th attended a public hearing on the matter and the only five to speak at the hearing went on the record as being opposed to the $60,000 project.
— Hood River News
Circuit Judge John Jelderks Tuesday refused to dismiss cases against 13 Indian fishermen whose lawyer argued they were the subject of selective and vindictive prosecution and that the indictments were unconstitutional. Jelderks told defense attorney Jack Schwartz that he may reconsider part of the selective and vindictive prosecution argument if Schwartz can produce significant information from other witnesses. ... The defense motions to dismiss on grounds the 1855 treaty and 1974 court decision left fish law enforcement to the tribes, motions for a change of venue and for a survey to determine probably bias of prospective jurors, were also denied.
— The Dalles Chronicle
U.S. District Court Judge Justin Quakenbush recently declared a Yakama Indian Nation water code invalid. The decision comes about six years after the code was initially challenged in court. The suit, filed in January 1978, asserts that state water rights should be paramount and the tribe does not have the authority to establish or enforce water code. Such action would deprive plaintiffs of their constitutional rights, according to the suit.
— White Salmon Enterprise
2003 — 20 years ago
Campers will no longer stay at Kingsley Reservoir for free. A new $200 fee for some driveways is also on the books and the charge for a hepatitis shot has doubled from $10 to $20. Those are three examples of increased fees to bring Hood River County charges in line with state averages. The price adjustments were effective on Sept. 15 and apply to a limited number of health care costs, sewer inspections, law enforcement services — and camping at Kinglsey.
— Hood River News
Wednesday, Oct. 22, marks an historic occasion in The Dalles, as city, state and federal officials will gather here to formally dedicate the Union Street underpass. This portal to the Columbia River began construction in September 2002, and the past few weeks have seen final paving and sidewalk work. The project reestablishes a direct connection between downtown The Dalles and the Columbia River — a link severed half a century earlier with the construction of Interstate 84.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Preliminary construction work on the new Klickitat County West End Pioneer Center will soon begin. Before it does, however, some county agencies will have to move out of their existing facilities. The Klickitat County Sheriff’s Office (West End) and Klickitat County Senior Services are both currently located at opposite ends of the lot across from the White Salmon post office where the Pioneer Center building will be going up.
— White Salmon Enterprise
Global Headlines
1923
Plan For Peace Brought To U.S. By Lloyd George
Dissolution Of Reichstag Feared
1943
Fifth Army in Flanking Attack Along Volturno River
Fortresses Blast German Cities In Daylight Raid
Japanese Flee From Central Solomon Bases
Heavy Rain, Mud Delay Progress on Both Fronts
1983
Unions ask high court’s help
Reagan looks to West for Watt replacement
2003
Iraq assistance costs climbing: World Bank
says $55 billion will be needed soon
Red Cross faults detentions
China will launch manned space flight
Activist winds Nobel Peace Prize
Isreali raid sparks gun battle
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