Eighty years ago in The Dalles: "A carload of scrap paper was shipped from The Dalles today, according to W. Wray Lawrence, chairman of the county salvage commitee. This is the fourth carload of paper to be shipped from The Dalles..." News and photos from the last century.
A century ago in The Dalles: "The second entry in the annual “big egg” contest was made today, with the exhibition of a White Leghorn egg by Mrs. H. McCullough..." Stories from the last hundred years of news.
HOOD RIVER — Sense of Place will feature Grow a Pear on Feb. 21. This event will be offered in person at the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River, Oregon and via livestream.
One hundred years ago in Hood River: "At the Lunch Club on Tuesday, held at the Oriental Café, J.W. Smithson gave an interesting talk on the manufacture of the large telephone cables now use in this valley by the Oregon-Washington Telephone Co., of which he is manager..."
At the city council meeting on Monday evening, the proposed purchase of a 371/2 acre tract for city and auto park purposes was under discussion and it was decided, after a motion had carried without a dissenting vote, that plans for the purchase of the Batchelder tract should be proceeded with … With the closing of the Chautauqua ground and park on 13th St., it is necessary for the city to provide a park while it is available.