Artwork from front page of the Hood River News, Sept. 2, 1925
An ad from late 1945, published in The Dalles Chronicle, said the war-time sugar shortage had disrupted supplies of Coca-Cola.
1925 — 100 years ago
Will climb Mount Hood on Labor Day; Cornerstone of St. Mark’s is laid; Brodie is glad to be home again; Grand Jury asks for witnesses; Indian Operetta at White Salmon; Hurlburt to survey Bridge of the Gods; Bridge Road estimate is given; Rally at C. & M. Alliance Church; Station to buy experimental tract; Salmon barbeque for butter-makers; Lumber companies in big lawsuit.
— Hood River News
Full confession of the murder of Clint I. Baun at Independence Tuesday night was obtained here this morning from W. R. Lloyd, ex-convict who was arrested in the railroad yards last night by Detectives James McClaskey and W. H. Kelley.
Swung in an emotional moment of regret and the thought of a grieving father and mother at Cottage Grove, Lloyd, in the presence of five witnesses, admitted the killing. He does not remember the actual shooting, which he said he believed was done in a moment when he was “all to pieces.”
— The Dalles Chronicle
1945 — 80 years ago
Water Sports Labor Day Feature: Camp Water Clown to be at White Salmon. The second annual Water Carnival at White Salmon, from 2 to 4 p.m. will answer the question of at least some of the residents of this side of the Columbia river as to where to go on Labor day.
— Hood River News
Concern was felt today over the whereabouts of Pat Foley, local flying enthusiast, who at a late hour today was still unreported following a take-off last night at Kent, Wash., on a return trip to The Dalles. Foley was flying his Fairchild trainer.
William John Fleming, carpenters mate second class, was a member of the naval construction unit with the Seabees which was engaged in building a huge staging area for U. S. military forces in the Philippines when the news of Japan’s surrender as received.
— The Dalles Chronicle
1965 — 60 years ago
Harvey Plant Rejects Union. Workers at Harvey Aluminum in The Dalles have said “no” again to a union seeking to organize the plant. A count Tuesday showed 211 had voted “no union,” 145 voted for Aluminum Workers of America, and 40 votes were challenged. Even if all the challenged votes were added to the union total, it would fall short of a majority.
— Hood River News
D. McDonald, president of the Hood River County Protective Game Association, has received notice that the fish car “Rainbow” will bring to Hood river about 100,000 young trout to be placed in local streams. The car will be switched to the Mt. Hood Railroad and taken to Parkdale, as the fish have been assigned to streams in the Upper Valley.
— Hood River News
Resembling a huge pyrotechnic display, the north bank of the Columbia from a point almost opposite the city extending a mile or more west was alive with smoldering fires and flames Saturday and Sunday nights. The fires evidently started near the railroad and rapidly swept up the precipitous slopes, menacing the ranch homes located on the brink.
— Hood River News
With about 1500 men employed at hard surfacing the Columbia River Highways, Multnomah County is prosecuting the work with all possible dispatch.
— Hood River News
Dangers involved for the Pacific Northwest in having its water siphoned off to serve the growing needs of California and the Southwest were noted by Gov. Mark O. Hatfield in an address here [Moro] Thursday.
The touring party of city officials and former mayors spent most of Thursday in Dalles City watershed and at one point viewed the entire area from a mountaintop.
— The Dalles Chronicle
1985 — 40 years ago
Schools see smooth start; Labor Day swim scene; School vandalized — youths arrested; Overflow field joins Columbia River swim
— Hood River News
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