The Dalles Chronicle
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Weekend of February 22-23, 2020
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HISTORY
History Mystery
Terray Harmon, Gary Conley and Jim Johnston contributed
to this report.
Last week’s History Mystery, above, was scanned from a
May 27, 1967 special edition of The Dalles Chronicle that fea-
tured the first color photographs printed by the newspaper.
The specific section was titled, “Building together for a better
Mid-Columbia; Industry.”
The caption under the photo reads, “Poles up to more than
100 feet in length have long been grist for the J.H. Baxter Co.
treating plant east of The Dalles, which also processes railroad
ties, dimension lumber, piling and laminated beams. Verle
Sewell is superintendent of the plant, Box Sexton his assistant,
and John Miller the general yard foreman. Many local people To guess this week’s photo, above, email Mark Gibson at MGibson@thedalleschronicle.com or call 541-296-2141, ext. 107, and leave a
message. Be sure to spell your name.
are employed there.”
Conley noted you could see the rail cars entering the plant
almost dead center in the picture.
the items were treated, he said.
logs to be used as telephone poles were awaiting creosote
A narrow-gauge rail went into essentially a long tube where
Jim Johnston noted the photo shows the “pole yard,” where treatment in the large building in the rear of the photo.
LOOKING BACK
20 years ago — 2000
A woman prisoner who fled
from Wasco County after she was
released to deliver her baby is
back in custody at the regional
jail. The 29-year-old woman, a
former The Dalles resident, was
arrested in Multnomah County
Feb. 16, and transferred back
to The Dalles Thursday. Wasco
County Circuit Court Judge John
V. Kelly issued a warrant for her
arrest Nov. 1 after she absconded
from court supervision.
In terms of turnarounds, it’s
been dramatic. Columbia Basin
Care Facility went from a poor
state inspection, to a worse one, to
a perfect one in just five months.
The All-A’s report card came
about a week ago, and concluded
a harrowing half-year that saw
a virtually complete change in
management staff and intensive
training period of learning and
applying the rules in the most reg-
ulated industry in the county, said
new administrator Mary Oster.
A 16,000-square-mile region
covering much of four western
states would become a national
geologic area under a proposal
to be presented to Congress late
this year. A multi-agency study
team met earlier this month
in Vancouver to review a draft
report on the idea, which would
develop as interpretive region
based upon the Ice Age floods
that dramatically sculpted much
of the Pacific Northwest about
13,000 years ago.
A facelift given to several
blocks of downtown The Dalles
a few years ago was only part
of the full treatment originally
intended. Now, as the city’s
urban renewal agency plans to
do a second level of improve-
ment—the full treatment—the
question is whether to bring the
first section up to the full-im-
provement level.
A request to site a house on
a 39-acre farm parcel in south
Wasco County has been sent
back to the planning commission.
Wasco County Court Wednesday
remanded Arlene Fosberg’s
request to build a house on
Wapinitia Road property, ordering
the commission to consider the
site under different criteria of a
more applicable state law.
HERMISTON—Dufur traded
in its usual full court, up-tempo,
above-the-rim game plan for a
half court slugfest Friday night,
but the result was still the same.
The top-ranked Rangers lulled
fifth-ranked Condon, 47-37, to
claim thei4r second consecutive
Big Sky Championship in front of a
packed house at Hermiston gym.
The out-of-character victory casts
an ominous shadow on the theory
that Dufur (24-2) can be beat, if
forced to play a half-court game.
GRESHAM—The Dalles Indian
girls swimmers made history
Friday at the OSAA/U.S. Bank
Class 3A-2A-1A state swim cham-
pionships at Mr. Hood Community
College’s Aquatic Center. The
Indians 200-yard freestyle relay
team nosed into sixth – giving The
Dalles its first-ever girls relay team
to make the state finals.
40 years ago — 1980
Kevin Morrison of Cub Scout
Pack 352 in The Dalles leads
a very busy life. Now that he
carries the title of outstanding
Cub Scout in the Mid-Columbia
District, the pace may pick up.
Kevin was named outstanding
scout Thursday night.
Charles E. (Chuck) Underhill,
a 24-year veteran with the J.C.
Penney Company, has been named
manager of The Dalles branch of
the International chain depart-
ment store. He started here on Feb.
1 replacing Mel Mothershead.
Santa Claus isn’t the only one
who flies through the air and
keeps an eye on who has been
good and who has been bad. So
does the Oregon State Police.
But instead of giving unexpected
gifts to those who have been
good, the OSP gives unexpected
traffic tickets to those who have
been bad: those who disregard
the 55-mph speed limit.
The apprehension of five
suspects accused of involvement
in the recent window shooting
that damaged 127 vehicles an-
nounced today by Wasco County
sheriff John Magill and City of
the Dalles Chief Paul Nagy.
MAUPIN—Heppner got off to a
fast start in both halves and took
an 85-75 win over Wasco County
in boys’ basketball action here
Saturday night.
MORO—Sherman Count
assured itself a berth in the
Columbia Basin Conference boys
basketball playoffs with a 77-56
victory over Condon Saturday
night.
WASHINGTON (UPI)—An aide
to the late Rep. Leo Ryan, D-Calif.,
says the CIA may have knowingly
let Ryan go to his death in Guyana
rather than disclose a secret
intelligence operation dealing
with the Rev. Jim Jones. Ryan and
four companions were gunned
down by followers of Jones – head
of the People’s Temple colony in
Jonestown – on a remote jungle
airstrip in Guyana on Nov. 18,
1978.
WASHINGTON (UPI)—Because
the Soviets did not withdraw
from Afghanistan by President
Carter’s Wednesday deadline,
the White House says the United
States will boycott the Moscow
summer Olympics.
60 years ago — 1960
Evidence of a mysterious
“blast” reported above The Dalles
early Saturday night remained
elusive as of late this morning.
Prompted by more than 20 tele-
phone calls to the county sheriff’s
office, city police department and
local newspaper and radio men,
a search of the hills southeast of
the city was made this morning
with no results. Cause of the
blast, which reportedly was felt
as far north as The Dalles Dam,
remained a mystery today.
Several special activities are
planned by The Dalles chapter of
Future Farmers of America in the
current observance of National
FFA Week. News stories and radio
programs calling attention to the
program of the local chapter are
planned. Major event, however,
is the annual Parent and Son
Banquet to be held Wednesday
at the Junior High School, begin-
ning at 6:30 p.m.
It was raining inside the Bank
Hotel building on Second Street
in The Dalles yesterday when
a series of radiators spouted
water instead of heat. The indoor
downpour was discovered about
11:30 a.m. and tenants of the
building’s ground floor sections
were busy catching water in
containers or mopping up during
most of the afternoon.
George P. Stadelman of
The Dalles has been elected a
director of First National Bank of
Oregon, it was announced today
by C. B. Stephenson, president.
Stadelman, a native of The Dalles,
is associated in operation of
Stadelman Fruit Co. properties at
several points in the Northwest.
Four adult courses, each with
25 hours of instruction, will
be offered at The Dalles High
School beginning next week.
The courses are bookkeeping
and elementary accounting,
shorthand, Typing I and algebra
review. At least 10 persons must
be registered for each class
before the course can be given.
TYGH VALLEY—Sale of the
Tygh Valley Lumber Co. sawmill
and timber holdings to Mountain
fir Lumber Co. of Independence,
Ore., was announced today. Sale
price was reported in excess of
$4,000,00. Tygh Valley Lumber
Co. is one of Wasco County’s
major industrial operations.
80 years ago — 1940
The Dalles stands high up in
the list of well-electrified cities in
the nation, Glen L. Corey, district
manager for Pacific Power & Light
company, announced today on
receipt of company statistics for
1939. Average residential use of
electricity here in 1939 increased
70 kilowatt hours to reach a new
high average of 2130 for the
year—136 per cent more than
the national average annual resi-
dence use of 900 kilowatt hours.
Unheralded and unsung, a
monument to the perseverance
of two groups is going forward
today. Technically, the monu-
ment was to commemorate the
exploration trip of the Lewis and
Clark expedition in 1804. But the
project started several years ago
with the assistance of the works
progress administration has had
to overcome almost as many
local obstacles as the original
Lewis and Clark expedition.
A campaign to bring about a
greater proportion of improved
streets in The Dalles was launched
with the recent announcement
of a move to gravel the five-block
stretch from Lincoln to Mount
Hood Streets, on 12th Street.
The Wasco County Grain
Growers association will be host
Monday to farmers of the district
at a tractor school and demon-
stration, it was announced today.
An entertainment program is
scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., including music by the
“Harvester Wranglers,” and mo-
tion pictures including comedy,
scenic and action pictures. A new
small size Diesel International
tractor will be on display.
100 years ago — 1920
If the efforts of The Dalles busi-
nessmen do not go awry this city
will possess before many months
are passed a sawmill and cut-up
plant. There is none such in The
Dalles at this time, all lumber being
shipped in from outside mills. This
venture will be made possible by
tapping the extensive timber belt
of fine yellow pine and fir west
and southwest of the city. Already
representative of lumber concerns
have been in the city looking
over the situation with the view
to establishing a lumber plant here.
H. A. Brown could not
resist the lure of The Dalles. He
formerly worked in the Frank
Cotty barber shop. However, he
left some time ago for Yakima.
But after living in The Dalles he
could not bring himself to live in
Yakima. Today he returned to this
city and has again allied himself
with the Cotty tonsorial parlors.
No night school session will
be held this evening at the local
high school on account of the
observance of Washington’s
birthday, according to an-
nouncement given out today by
City School Superintendent R.
L. Kirk.
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