1926 — 100 years ago
Oak and Columbia to be paved. The city council, in session last Monday evening decied to formulate plans for the paving of Oak St. from 9th to the intersection of Cascade Ave., and to pave and install new water mains on Columbia St., between 4th St. and 15th St. A sidewalk is also to be installed on 6th St., between Oak and Cascade Ave.
— Hood River News
Sam Johnson, who has been working on the city rock crusher, was taken the Hamilton hospital as a patient Saturday, suffering from bones and ligaments broken in his left foot when a larged rock suspended above him fell...
Dr. Thompson Coberth met with a near-accident on Tygh Grade Saturday evening, when, speeding toward Tygh Valley to make a blood transfusion for a patient, his car overturned with himself and two nurses.
Aurora borealis was abroad last night, with the result that some hudnreds of radio fans om Tje Dalles became convinced that their sets had broken down or that their batteries were exhausted. This electric phenomenon apparently robbed the air of radio waves, much the same as it also seriously interrupted the transmission of telegraph messages. Local radio repairmen where beseiged with calls last night from persons who were convinced that their sets were out of order.
A bus line to ply between Portland and Yakima, with stops in The Dalles, started yesterday.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Classified Advertising: For Sale Jitney Business and 1924 Model Master Six Buick. Only Jitney in town. Wanted to sell horses and mules. Team for sale or trade for Ford Car. 1200 to 1300 lbs. Can take parties to see stock. For Sale — One 250-Egg Buckeye Incubator, nearly as good as new. For Sale — Two 3 year old fresh Guernsey Cows, and two One older cows.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1946 — 80 years ago
Shirts ... Reading a Portland daily, I find an editorial complaining about the lack of shirts for men. I agree with the editor. Then on the opposite page is a well illustrated article, announcing styles for women. I quote: “American women are going to wear evening gowns with exposed bosoms.”
There is something wrong with a system that allows for such discrimination. What I mean is, if shirt material is that scarce, why not set a style for men where a shirt isn’t necessary at all occasions, instead of asking the poor ladies to help out by wearing even less than they do now?
— Hood River News
A weather-recording instrument, with a deflated balloon and parachute attached was brought to the sheriff’s office this morning by Arthur Mason, rancher in the Boyd district.
— The Dalles Chronicle
1966 — 60 years ago
Tribute to Irene. The dignified looking men standing around Irene Wilson are school administrators who have worked with her during a 30-year period. Mrs. Wilson went to work for the school system in 1935. Television set was a gift from persons attending the dinner.
— Hood River News
Two young men nabbed at Criterion Junction in southern Wasco County early Wednesday after their car smashed through a frame sign and rolled are in the county jail here charged with two counts of burglary in Sherman County.
A light plane with two couples aboard was reported missing todya on a flight from Troutdale, Ore., to the Walla Walla county airport...
— The Dalles Chronicle
Last Chance Flight. All Elks who are planning to go on the group flight to Reno on February 25, 26, and 27 must make reservations and arrangements with Francis Logan no later than Saturday, February 12.
— White Salmon Enterprise
1986 — 40 years ago
Council members stripped of assignements. Committee assignements — usually a routine Hood River City Council item — generated a heated exchange between the mayor and two council memebers here Monday. Mayor Jim Walker entirely excluded one council member from any committee assignements, and assigned another to only one panel. Each of the other council members received several assignements, and Walker assigned himself to committee membership.
Council members Don Barckley and Roy Cederstam expressed heated concern about their virtual ommission from the city’s committees, but the rest of the council ratified the assignement drafted by Walker without comment ... [Walker] conceded the list was “subjective,” but noted that it’s the mayor’s prerogative to make the assignements based on the cooperation he’s observed from various members of the council in the past. “It’s not a personal thing.”
— Hood River News
A man armed with a blue steel revolver robbed the Washington state liquor store here Saturday night of a substantial amount of money, liquor and lottery tickets. Goldendale City Police Lt. Jim Desmerais said today that no one was hurt.
The Bonneville Power Administration has released a planning report saying it may be possible to use wind power to produce electricity at some 40 Pacific Northwest sites, including 11 sites in the Mid-Columbia and Columbia Gorge areas.
Two former residents of the Rajneesh commune were arraigned on attempted murder charges in Wasco County Court on Friday and will enter please on the charges Feb. 21 in the same courtroom.
— The Dalles Chronicle
Visitor center continues. The County Commissioners have agree, the County Tourism Committtee says yes, and there’s enough money to pay for it. Now it’s up the the State Parks Commission to approve a lease request for a visitors information center at Maryhill Park.
“It’s a go,” said Tourism Committee chairman John Kasky.
— White Salmon Enterprise
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