1926 — 100 years ago
George William Gander, brakeman for the J. Neil Lumber company at Klickitat, Wash., died here about 8 o’clock last night as the result of injuries suffered Tuesday afternoon when he was swept from the top of a lumber train by an overhanging water pipe.
Ollie Coryell, O. L. and H. E. Davis returned this morning from a hunting trip into the Blue mountain region with three mule deer, registering a trophy each for the party. One deer was taken home for eating purposes, while the other two were left on display at downtown stores.
The first smut-proof wheat to be planted on any commercial scale in Wasco county has been sown on a 14-acre patch owned by George Obarr.
More than 100 tons of pyrotol, government commercial explosive, will have been shipped into Wasco county in the last two years on receipt of another carload next week. ... Wasco county has been one of the foremost advocates for the use of this powder, made from excess war materials and supplied to farmers and county courts through the extension service of the agricultural college...
— The Dalles Chronicle
“I thought it belonged in Silverton,” said 19 year old Claude Ingraham, of Portland, when he was arrested Wednesday morning while trying to start a Ford touring car, stolen by him last Sunday afternoon from where it was parked on Fourth Street. The car, belonging to Mr. Willis, of the Hood River Bakery, contained a card with his name and former address on it.
— Hood River News
1946 — 80 years ago
Booked at the county jail last night was Paul Eugene Kelly, charged with “soliciting a ride on the highway.” He was arrested by state police.
Several complaints have been received that shade trees in the city have been permitted to branch below the 12-foot elevation, set by city ordinance as the minimum height...
— The Dalles Chronicle
The south end of the Oregon-Washington bridge across the Columbia river is now under reconstruction and it is expected that, in the near future the old sections of the bridge will be dismantled and the new sections will take their place, to strengthen what has long been regarded as the weak south end of the bridge.
During the month of September arrests of drunken and reckless motorists and just plain drunks set up a new record for the city of Hood River... During the period 89 complaints were made out.
— Hood River News
1966 — 60 years ago
A rash of plywood and veneer plant shutdowns have been reported in Oregon because of the slumping lumber market.
An ever growing dependence upon community colleges to meet the educational needs of Oregon students over the next decade was foreseen by the report released Friday by the Post-High School Study Committee of Oregon University and College Presidents.
Several horses owned by residents of this area were shown successfully at the Hermiston Quarter Horse Shown held over the weekend.
— The Dalles Chronicle
1986 — 40 years ago
If the city of Hood River faces tough winter as it was last year, it could be a long, difficult season. The reason: old and worn snow removal equipment, say city officials.
— Hood River News
Two pilots from the Royal Canadian Air Force’s 431st Air Demonstration Squadron refueled their planes at The Dalles Airport in Dallesport on Tuesday at noon during a planned stop. Capt. Eric Dumont and capt. Richard LaPointe had flown in an air show at Salinas, Calif., during the weekend and were en route to their base at Bushell Park, Saskatchewan.
House Democrats maneuvered the Columbia River Gorge Scenic Area Act through the interior committee Tuesday afternoon, but the Agriculture Committee still must act on the measure before it can come to the floor for a vote.
[Next day, Oct. 9] The Senate by voice vote approved the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area act Wednesday afternoon, without a scenic area exemption for Rowena. “The legislation may mark the beginning of a new concept in natural resource protection,” said Sen. Mark O. Hatfield, R-Ore. “The Columbia River Gorge Act represents an alternative to the two current policy options of no federal protection on one hand, or wilderness designation on the other.”
— The Dalles Chronicle
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