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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1943-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 21, 2015)
A6 News wallowa.com October 21, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain First-ever Unsung hero award presented 100 YEARS AGO October 21, 1915 OUT OF THE PAST The contract for later- al sewers in Enterprise was awarded Wednesday after- noon by the city council to James Kennedy, a contrac- WRU ZLWK RI¿FHV LQ 3RUWODQG Salt Lake City and Fargo, North Dakota. His bid was $18,652.60 for the 25,600 feet of laterals, and was the lowest of the seven submitted. Construction work on Ross R. Falconer’s new brick build- ing for his feed, fuel and stor- age business was begun the ¿UVW RI WKH ZHHN * & +ROVW has the contract and Enterprise brick will be used. The present product of the local brickyard is considered of as good quali- ty as can be found in the west. 3URIHVVRU:$+HQU\KDV begun early with the large orchestra he expects to train this season. He expects to have about twenty musicians in the organization, and will give concerts later in Enter- prise and in other towns in Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins 25 YEARS AGO October 18, 1990 the county. Mr. Henry has ar- ranged to give music lessons in Joseph in a few days. $ PLONLQJ PDFKLQH KDV been installed on W. F. Craig’s dairy farm just out of town. This will milk the cows much quicker than the old hand methods, thus enabling Mr. Craig to devote more time to his automobile. 70 YEARS AGO October 18, 1945 Wallowa County’s War Fund drive has bogged down with less than half of the quo- ta raised after more than two weeks of campaigning and soliciting, according to C. H. Zurcher, chairman of the drive. Only $2,100 has been turned in on the county’s quo- ta of $5,200. $FFRUGLQJ WR QHZV IURP Hollywood, Walter Brennan’s Enterprise boys basketball team, circa unknown. WZRVRQV0LFKDHODQG$QG\ KDYH QR GHVLUH IRU ¿OP FD- reers. They’ll manage their pop’s 12,000-acre ranch near here when they return from the service. 3OD\LQJ DW WKH 9LVWD 7KH- atre in Enterprise: “Tarzan DQG WKH $PD]RQV´ DQG ³$ *X\$*DODQG$3DO´ Showing at the McLean Theater in Wallowa: Benny *RRGPDQ DQG KLV RUFKHVWUD in a glorious musical, “Sweet DQG/RZ'RZQ´ From the school directory for Wallowa county for 1945- 46, we learn that there are 41 organized schools in the county, 15 of which are sus- pended and send their pupils (if any) to other districts. 71 teachers are employed in the 26 districts, of which 21 are in the high school and 50 in the grades. 50 YEARS AGO October 21, 1965 3ODQVIRUWKH FRQVWUXFWLRQ of a new grocery store in En- terprise were announced this ZHHNE\)UHG.DXSRI$WKH- na. The store will be located RQ5LYHUVWUHHWQHDUWKH³<´ of Hurricane Creek highway on the property where Leon- ard Brooks home is located. $ERXW PHPEHUV RI the Wallowa County Shrine Club will depart early to- morrow morning with the annual Shrine caravan. The caravan climaxes the 11th annual drive for food for the 6KULQH +RVSLWDO LQ 3RUWODQG The group will leave here with 15 pickups laden with 10 tons of food valued at ap- proximately $3,000. Four Enterprise graduates have been chosen to play in Members of the Wallowa County Junior Women’s Club are gearing up for the ‘50s-‘60s Bash Saturday at Cloverleaf Hall. Now in its third year, the event is expected to at- tract hundreds of participants, including musicians, lip sync artists, and dancers. Record or near-record at- tendance marked the 1990 annual awards banquet of the Wallowa County Cham- ber of Commerce. Chamber board member Frances Crow presented the “retailer of the \HDU´DZDUGWR%XGDQG5XE\ Zollman of Joseph, proprietors of Bud’s Hardware. Dave Shriner presented the tim- ber leader award to Howard Chieftain archives Johnson of Wallowa. The ag leader award was presented to ( + ³9DQ´9DQ%ODULFRP DQ the marching band at Ore- XSSHU 3UDLULH &UHHN UDQFKHU gon State University. They Tom Swanson of Enterprise are: Dan Hays, a sophomore; was named as the recipient Steve Barber and Jim Clegg, of the chamber’s civic leader freshmen; and Jerry White award. The outstanding edu- of Sweet Home, formerly FDWRUDZDUGZDVJLYHQWR*DLO of Enterprise. Sam Morgan, 6ZDUW$QHZDZDUGSUHVHQWHG also a freshman at OSU, has WKLV\HDUWRWKH³8QVXQJ+HUR´ been chosen to sing in the by chamber president Cassie %RWWV ZHQW WR 3DXO 0RUHKHDG college choir. One of the first local peo- of Joseph. Botts also present- ple to seek information and HG WKH ³SUHVLGHQW¶V DZDUG´ WR sign up for the new Medicare KHU³ULJKWKDQGZRPDQ´-XG\ program in Wallowa County Wortman. In the Chieftain’s football DW WKH ³VLJQXS GD\´ KHOG ODVW )ULGD\ ZDV (WWD *ULE- FRQWHVW$PEHU&OHJJZDVRXU ling of Enterprise. During winner this week with four the day of signing up for misses. She tied with Jonas the program, a steady string Skelton and Chris Uchison, of people showed up at the and won on the point spread. )URP WKH ³)RU WKH UHFRUG´ Cloverleaf hall in Enterprise to get information on the column: From October 2 to QHZ SURJUDP$W WKH HQG RI October 16 there were 103 pa- a long day the program had tients treated in the Wallowa been explained to about 60 Memorial Hospital’s emergen- cy room. people. LODGE: Group asks T HE B OOKLOFT for serious investors S KYLIGHT G ALLERY AND Continued from Page A1 Finding books is our specialty 541.426.3351 • 107 E. Main • Enterprise • www.bookloftoregon.com ACROSS DOWN 1. LA team member 6. Young Fr. woman (abbr.) 10. Per __, each 11. Foots 13. Veggie toy 17. Overdose 18. US, Latin America, Canada belong to 19. So. Am. plain (Span.) 20. Point midway between N and NE 21. Single 22. Inactive 23. Mother of Hermes 24. Gives a new meaning 28. Silent players 29. One who adds Cluny trim 30. Men or boys 31. God of War 32. 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Clothing protectors 39. Wife of Amphion 40. God of fire (Hindu) 42. Favorite weekday (abbr.) 45. Japanese sashes 48. Klutz 49. "__ Koo," Debbie Harry debut album 50. Tokyo 51. Hardly any 53. Cathode But a local investment group, Lake Wallowa Lodge LLC, of which the Bridges are members, came up with a down-payment that took the historic lodge off the auction block for a brief window of time. They got off to a good start, raising the $250,000 down payment in 10 days. The balance, however, is a bigger number. In the next two months the newly formed LLC must come up with $2.25 mil- lion to purchase the lodge from the current owners and prevent it from falling into the hands of developers. The zoning on WKHODQGDOORZVIRUVLJQL¿FDQW development - something the LLC intends to prevent. “We’re working on raising RXU ¿UVW PLOOLRQ´ VDLG -DPHV Monteith, managing member of the LLC. “We’ll announce where we are at the end of the month and we’ll have prospec- tus available the end of this ZHHN´ In just over two months time the LLC has assembled a steering committee, an events committee, hired a profession- al campaign director (Heath- er Longhorst of Effect Your Cause.com), hired a caterer IRU HYHQWV -XG\ *RRGPDQ RI Joseph), and is establishing a ¿QDQFHFRPPLWWHH This is not an investment for knee-jerk reactionaries from any group. These are ³WZR ELUGV ZLWK RQH VWRQH´ thinkers; individuals com- fortable with a holistic view. What makes this group unique is investors are both serious about their personal goals and open about the combination of ecological preservation and economic development. They expect to preserve, and to see their investment give them a return on their dollar, and do a number of other things for the EHQH¿WRIWKHDUHD “I’m interested in preserving special places in Oregon – and WKLVLVWKHWRSRIWKHOLVW´VDLG LQYHVWRU-D\*UDYHVRI%D[WRQ Oregon. “But I wouldn’t get into this if I thought I was los- ing money. I also believe that by providing the right context for the area it allows other busi- QHVVHVWRJURZ´ The LLC is hosting nu- merous meetings and social occasions to familiarize area residents with the plans and SURVSHFWXV $ ZHOODWWHQG- ed Wild Harvest Dinner was held Oct. 17 and a Hallow- HHQ 3DUW\ ³%DWV $ERXW WKH /RGJH´ LV VFKHGXOHG IRU 2FW 7ZR PRUH HYHQWV DQ $O- most Thanksgiving Dinner, Nov. 14 and a Winter Tradi- tions Solstice Dinner, Dec. 19 will allow interested parties to socialize, dine on locally har- vested foods, and learn more about the chance to own part of a legend. For more information or to order tickets to any event visit lakewallowalodge.com. To inquire about investing or volunteer to assist in fundrais- ing, call James Monteith at 541-432-3044.