1925 — 100 years ago
Buttermakers to convene Tuesday; Air tank explodes at local garage; Vogt to put on his first sale; Finds relics of convicts visit; Band concert was much appreciated; Storm on Labor Day is freak; Taft will build in coming winter; Fire destroys Dee lumber shop; Odell’s mammoth storage is open; Brigade checks dangerous fire; Pine Grove is to have new school; Night Parking is barred on streets.
— Hood River News
Unable to speak a word of English, tired and hungry, a little old man walked into the lodging house of Mary K. Britten last night after going without food for hours. Unable to make anyone in The Dalles comprehend his wants, and not knowing that his landlady spoke his native German, the man indicated in pantomime that he desired a place to sleep. His hostess, thinking he might be German, was about to speak when her guest suddenly turned pale, dropped to his knees the better to examine some bundles of clothing on the floor wrapped for mailing, and then burst into tears. The bundles were addressed to his own wife, in the little town of Westphalia, Bavaria, Germany. ...For many years Mrs. Britten, American born of German parents in New York, has been aiding people in Bavaria and Prussia as a charitable measure.
— The Dalles Chronicle
1945 — 80 years ago
Big Market for Apple Juice Looms. Increase in demand huge in eight years. Chicago, September 1 — (Special to Hood River News) — A far greater volume of business after the war loomed for Oregon apple growers with reports by federal agencies of a rapidly growing market for apple juice. From a negligible pack of juice in 1936, the government reported that the 1944 nationwide total was 3,034,495 [packs]. This figure included sweet cider, which represents only a small amount of the total.
— Hood River News
A carload of salvaged tin cans, partly loaded at Pendleton, will be loaded out here tomorrow—the last shipment of its kind in the salvage campaign.
The big petroleum barge that has been on the rocky brink of Celilo falls since last July, Tuesday was pulled over the falls by the new owner, the Russell Towboat and Moorage company. Powerful jacks were utilized to raise the barge from its rocky perch. Water then was pumped into the back compartments and pressure applied by means of lines from shore. The barge then slid over the falls and into the swift channel.
— The Dalles Chronicle
1965 — 60 years ago
Complete revamping of Hood River’s city street names and numbers, effective Jan. 1, 1966, was ordered Tuesday night by the city council. They passed the motion without dissent after listening to a crowd of some 50 persons express views, pro and con, at a public hearing. The city council action brought both local government units in line behind the change.
Before the new county chapter government went into effect, the old county court had approved the street name change plan. ... Most of those 50 or so persons came to object to a change they didn’t like, and argued wasn’t necessary. Quite a few of them were residents outside the city limits, who came to the hearing because of widespread interest generated in the grid program ... At one time there were suggestions the council should be impeached; one hearing visitor suggested it was a communistic way of handling the issue; and several persons were critical that it has not been put to a vote ... “We got an airport crammed down our throats, we’re going to get this crammed down our throats,” said Glenn Allen of Wy’east Drive. “People ought to vote on anything that costs money.”
— Hood River News
Sale of the Shamrock Motel to Mr. and Mrs. Don Stockton of Beaverton by the Foley family has been announced by Tom Foley. The new owners have moved to The Dalles and have taken over operation of the property located at Fourth and Liberty Streets.
— The Dalles Chronicle
1985 — 40 years ago
School union ratifies pact; Man found after long night out; Boardsailing cited in Wells Island changes; ‘Block party’ planned; Film crews plan scene in Country.
— Hood River News
A house burglary and a rifle containing a spent cartridge turned up Saturday within 240 feet of where a 10-year-old Rufus boy was fatally shot at about 4 p.m. Thursday.
A power struggle has reupted at Rajneeshpuram with Ma Anand Sheela and other top officials resigning and leaving for Europe.
Commonwealth Aluminum and the United Steelworkers Union Local No. 8147 are headed back to the bargaining table, and wish to resolve their differences concerning wage and benefit reduction without interference by the public or the press.
— The Dalles Chronicle
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