1926 — 100 years ago
Enar Evenson of Shanghai, China, was in The Dalles today to confer with J. C. Thrall in regard to purchasing a shipment of Wasco county horses. The animals to be used for work horses, will be shipped to Shanghai. If a shipment can be gotten together it will be mark the first exportation of Wasco county horses to the Orient since the war Thrall declared.
Location notices have been filed on what is thought may prove to be a subterranean flow of oil by C. W. Semmes, editor of the Maupin Times, and two other Maupin residents, Semmes declared today while in the city on business.
A Wasco county cow which walked away unhurt after a collision with an automobile was tougher than the car driven by Dennis H. Nichols, 307 West 12th street, the latter indicated in an accident report filed with police late yesterday.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Villa cutoff practically completed. A new guide post will soon appear on the North Bank Highway at intersection of the new Wolverton-Courtney road. Rio Vista Park will head the list indicating the residence of Mr. Wolverton, a beautiful country side of rolling hills, heavy bearing orchards of peaches, apricots and apples and every kind of bush bearing fruit, acres and acres of green vegetables, varieties too numerous to mention.
— White Salmon Enterprise
A new glacier, three-quarters of a mile long and more than a quarter of a mile wide, was discovered last Sunday on the south slope of Mount Hood, said the Oregonian.
Thus is not only another of the mysteries of Mount Hood revealed, but added evidence is afforded of the constant change of flux of the seemingly almet [sic] and immovable peaks of the Cascade range, and proof that their alpine rivers of ice are receding.
— Hood River News
1946 — 80 years ago
Embargo on mail follows rail strike. With the calling of a nation-wide rail strike yesterday and a general tie-up of all rail transportation, Postmaster W. B. Small of Hood River, announced that an embargo on acceptance of all classes of mail, except letters, registered and ordinary, not exceeding one point in weight, had been ordained by the Postmaster General.
— Hood River News
The Columbia river at The Dalles has risen 6.5 feet since May 1 and is now but 2.3 feet below the high water mark of the 1943 spring flood.
Initial construction has begun on the $800,000 Northwest Chemurgy cooperative’s plant west of The Dalles, with workmen using great quantities of dynamite to level two acres of rocky land on the site selected.
— The Dalles Chronicle
1966 — 60 years ago
Claiming that Measure No. 4 would “down-grade” his profession Sheriff R. L. Gillmouthe issued a statement this week blasting the proposed charter amendment for “abolishing the elective office of sheriff.”
In a carefully written statement Gillmouthe brought out into public the position that Gillmouthe had felt, but only voiced in conversation until now. The complete text of Sheriff Gillmouthe’s statement appears on Page 15 of today’s Hood River News.
— Hood River News
The pilot of a light plane was unhurt Tuesday when the craft went into the Deschutes River about 16 miles south of Maupin after losing power.
For the first time in its long history as a waterfront city, with aspirations for world trade, The Dalles has been given official status as a port of export for the shipment of wheat in ocean-going vessels.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Ross W. Williams, Forest Supervisor of Gifford Pinchot National Forest announced today that the proposed exchange of lands between the State of Washington and the U. S. Forest Service has been approved by the Chief of the Forest Service. This exchange has been approved by the State board of Natural Resources and the Skamania County Commissioners.
By this exchange the forest Service will acquire lands located in the Mt. St. Helens Lava Cave, Wind River and Columbia Gorge areas. The state of Washington will acquire lands in the Siouxon and Rock Creek Drainages where they have other ownerships.
—White Salmon Enterprise
1986 — 40 years ago
More than 250 people joined hands across The Dalles Bridge Saturday morning to protest federal recognition of the Columbia Gorge National Scenic Area.
A gunshot wound to an Oregon State Police cadet was accidentally self-inflicted and the cadet has been allowed to resign his position, the OSP office in The Dalles has reported.
County races, three levy requests and a proposal to allow gambling n the city of Rufus will be on the primary election ballot in Sherman county on Tuesday.
The man found guilty of growing marijuana at a farm on Mill Creek Road avoided a prison sentence but drew a fine, five years probation and 90 days of confinement on the local level when he appeared in Wasco County Circuit Court Monday.
Fire destroyed the Goldendale Middle School Building Wednesday night.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Ronald McDonald found a friendly greeting in hood River Monday.
The McDonald’s Corporation, parent company of McDonald’s Restaurants, gained approval for its request to overturn city planning commission denial of a request to place its golden arches sign far higher than city law allows, In changing the planning commission decision, the city council agreed to allow a 25-foot variance to the city’s planning ordinance.
— Hood River News
Bingen may now reap its fair share of boardsailor and tourist business thanks to the opening of a “wind ranch” by a California Family.
Jeurgen Meinberg and son Carl purchased approximately four acres of land east of Bingen from Robert Schwagerl for the purpose of developing a home-away-from-home for boardsailors, complete with lodgings and RV park facilities.
— White Salmon Enterprise
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