✷✝ ➋✞✟✠ ❖✡✠☛❱✠☛
D AILY
P LANNER
òóôõö
÷øùúû üý þøÿùúû ✱ þúû ✱
t✁✂ ✄✷ t✁ ùúû ø ☎ ✷✆✄✾✝ ÷ ✁✂❚✂
ú ❚✂ ✷❛✾ ùúûý ✞✂☎t üÿ t✁✂ û ✂ ú ❚✝
N ORTHEAST O REGON H ISTORY
Q: When and where was the first flight in Eastern
Oregon? A: July 9, 1911, in La Grande
❿➀ ➁➂➃➄ ➅➆➇➈➉
➊➋➌ ➍➎➏➌➐➑➌➐
heard for miles,” the July
10 Observer article said.
Charles Walsh, an avia-
tor from San Diego, Califor-
nia, introduced La Grande
➒➓ ➒➔→ ➣↔↕➙➛➜→ ➓➝ ➞↔➟➔➒ ➓➠
July 9, 1911, by making a
trip from La Grande to Is-
land City and back. The
òóôõö ❨✟ ✠✡☛✠☞✡☛✠ ò
❖ ÿ þúû ✱ ✄✾✌✍✱ ✎✂ ùü ✏ ú ✞
ý ts ù ✂ ÿ t ✑ ø ♦✂❚ ✒ úÿÿüý t✂❚ ✓❚ ø ✔✂
t✁✂ ☎ ø s❚✲✎ üÿ st✂ ✎ ü ✞✂ ù s❚ üÿ ♦ ú
t❚ ú ✏✔ ✎✂✂t üÿ ❖❦☎ ø ❚ ù ✱ ✕ ÿ ♦✞ úÿù ✱
üÿ ❛✐✌✾✝✍✝
☞ óòò ✖✗ ö
▼✘✙✚✛✜✢✣✤✥ ✩✦✧★ ✪✫✬✬✫✭✮
✄✄✲✄✷✲✄❛✲✷✄✲✷❛✲✍
▼✘✙✚ ▼✯✰✰✯✳✴✤✥ ✩★✵✦ ✪✫✬✬✫✭✮
✽✲✄ ✲✷✷✲ ✲ ✽✲✄✄✲❦✷
P✳✇✘❡✛✚✰✰✥ ✩★✶✺ ✪✫✬✬✫✭✮
✲✄ ✲✷❛✲❛✆✲ ✄✲✸✒ ✷✲❦✷
❲✯✴ ✹✳❡ ✻✯✹✘✥ ✼✿❀ ❁
✌✲ ✲✄✷✲ ✽
➞↔➟➔➒ ➡➙➢ ➒➓➓➤ ➥➜➙➛→ ➦➧➢➒
➒➡➓ ➨➙➩➢ ➙➝➒→↕ ➙ ➝➙↔➜→➨ ➙➒ -
tempt in La Grande almost
claimed his life.
On July 7, Walsh got
➙➫➓➧➒ ➭➯ ➝→→➒ ➓➲ ➒➔→ ➟↕➓➧➠➨
before his plane crashed.
➳→ ➡➙➢ ➠➓➒ ↔➠➦➧↕→➨➵ ➙ ➢➒➓↕➩
in the July 10, 1911, Observ-
er reported.
➸➡➓ ➨➙➩➢ ➜➙➒→↕➵ ➒➔➓➧ -
sands gathered near a La
➺↕➙➠➨→ ➫➙➢→➫➙➜➜ ➻→➜➨ ➒➓
➡➙➒➛➔ ➼➙➜➢➔ ➙➒➒→➣➥➒ ➙➟➙↔➠
to make history. He did not
➨↔➢➙➥➥➓↔➠➒➵ ➞➩↔➠➟ ➔↔➢ ↕→ -
paired biplane on a round
➸➔→ →➙↕➜➩ →➶→➠↔➠➟ ➞↔➟➔➒
made history not only in
La Grande but all of East-
ern Oregon. The Observer
↕→➥➓↕➒→➨ ➒➔↔➢ ➡➙➢ ➒➔→ ➻↕➢➒
time a plane had been
➞➓➡➠ ➙➠➩➡➔→↕→ ↔➠ ➹➙➢➒→↕➠
➔↔➢ ➞↔➟➔➒➚
The aviator had come to
➱➙ ➺↕➙➠➨→ ➝↕➓➣ ✃➓➢➛➓➡➵
➽➨➙➔➓➵ ➡➔→↕→ ➔→ ➔➙➨ ➣➙➨→
➙ ➢➧➛➛→➢➢➝➧➜ ➞↔➟➔➒ ➓➠ ❐➧➜➩
➮➚ ➘➓➜➜➓➡↔➠➟ ➔↔➢ ➨→➣➓➠ -
stration on July 9 in La
Grande, Walsh took to the
air again the next day. He
➞→➡ ➙➫➓➧➒ ❒❮ ➣↔➜→➢ ➓➶→↕ ➒➔→
➺↕➙➠➨→ ❰➓➠➨→ Ï➙➜➜→➩ ↔➠ ❒➮
locomotive could not have
minutes.
➫→→➠ ➣➓↕→ →➜➙➒→➨ ➒➔➙➠ ➡→↕→
➒➔→ ➥→➓➥➜→ ➡➔➓ ➟➙➒➔→↕→➨ ➩→➢ -
➒→↕➨➙➩ ➒➓ ➢→→ ➒➔→ ➞↔➟➔➒➵➷ ➙➠
➼➙➜➢➔➴➢ ➱➙ ➺↕➙➠➨→ →Ð -
➔↔➫↔➒↔➓➠ ➞↔➟➔➒ ➡➙➢ ➓➠→ ➓➝
editorial in the July 10, 1911,
Observer stated.
Walsh remained about
➬➯➯ ➝→→➒ ➓➲ ➒➔→ ➟↕➓➧➠➨
“The only money in avia-
➒↔➓➠ ➨➧↕↔➠➟ ➒➔➓➢→ ➨➙➩➢ ➡➙➢
↔➠ →Ð➔↔➫↔➒↔➓➠ ➞➩↔➠➟ ➙➠➨
demonstrations of the air-
plane,” stated the story at
➡➡➡➚→➙↕➜➩➙➶↔➙➒➓↕➢➚➛➓➣➚
➼➙➜➢➔➴➢ ➞↔➟➔➒➢ ➡→↕→ ➻↕➢➒
➥➧➒ ➓➠ ➫➩ ➒➔→ Ñ➙➛↔➻➛ Ò➶↔➙ -
tion Company of Portland.
➳→ ➡➙➢ ➡→➜➜ ↕→➛→↔➶→➨ ➙➒ ➔↔➢
exhibitions. According to
earlyaviator.com, “Thou-
Tragically, Walsh died 15
months after his historic
➞↔➟➔➒ ↔➠ ➹➙➢➒→↕➠ Ó↕→➟➓➠➚
Ó➠ Ó➛➒➚ ❮➵ ❒Ô❒➬➵ ➙➒ ➙➠ ➙↔↕
➢➔➓➡ ↔➠ ➸↕→➠➒➓➠➵ Õ→➡ ❐→↕ -
sey, before about 50,000
➥→➓➥➜→➵ ➼➙➜➢➔ ➡➙➢ ➣➙➤↔➠➟
a spiral descent in his bi-
plane after climbing to an
➙➜➒↔➒➧➨→ ➓➝ ➙➒ ➜→➙➢➒ ➮➵➯➯➯
➝→→➒ ➡➔→➠ ➔→ ➜➓➢➒ ➛➓➠➒↕➓➜
and crashed according to
➢➙➠➨➢ ➓➝ ➥→➓➥➜→ ➡➓➧➜➨
➙ Ó➛➒➚ ➮➵ ❒Ô❒➬➵ Õ→➡ Ö➓↕➤
come to see Walsh the Dar-
ing Birdman defy gravity.”
Transporting his plane
Times article.
at least a dozen he gave in
1911.
“Although he had been
➝↕➓➣ ➒➓➡➠ ➒➓ ➒➓➡➠ ➡➙➢ ➙➠
➓➠➜➩ ➞➩↔➠➟ ➝➓↕ ➙ ➩→➙↕➵ ➔→
➡➙➢ →Ð➥→↕↔→➠➛→➨ →➠➓➧➟➔
from one engagement to
the next in those days, but
arduous task because pi-
➜➓➒➢ ➨↔➨ ➠➓➒ ➞➩ ➒➔→↔↕ ➥➜➙➠→➢
➼➙➜➢➔➵ ➒➔→➠ ❮➭➵ ➨↔→➨
↔➠➢➒➙➠➒➜➩➚ ➸➔➓➢→ ➡➔➓ ➡↔➒ -
nessed the tragedy includ-
→➨ ➼➓➓➨↕➓➡ ➼↔➜➢➓➠➵ ➡➔➓
➡➙➢ ➒➔→➠ ➙ ➥↕→➢↔➨→➠➒↔➙➜
➛➙➠➨↔➨➙➒→ ➙➠➨ ➡➓➧➜➨ ➫→
→➜→➛➒→➨ ↔➠ Õ➓➶→➣➫→↕ ➓➝ ➒➔➙➒
➞↔➟➔➒ ↔➠ ➓↕➨→↕ ➒➓ ➫→ →➙➢↔➜➩
➢→→➠➚ ➸➔→ ➒➔➓➧➢➙➠➨➢ ➡➔➓
➡➙➒➛➔→➨ ↔➠➛➜➧➨→➨ ➮➯➯ ➡➔➓
to make a believer of even
the most serious Doubting
↔➠➢➒→➙➨ ➡→➠➒ ➫➩ ➟↕➓➧➠➨➚
➸➔➓➣➙➢➴➢➵➷ ➙➛➛➓↕➨↔➠➟ ➒➓
➢➒➓↕➩ ➙➫➓➧➒ ➔↔➣ ➙➒ ➡➡➡➚
❚❙❯❲❳❙❩❬❭❪
❫❯❬❴❵❯❬❩
paid admission to be at the
earlyaviators.com.
❝ ❡❯ ❢❬❯❣❴❩
❫❯❬❴❵❯❬❩
throughout his exhibition
➢↔➒→ ➓➝ ➼➙➜➢➔➴➢ ➒➙➤→➓➲ ➙➠➨
apparent problems. The
landing.
The editorial in The
Observer criticized those
P✯✢✣ ❂✥ ✼✿❀ ✺
❃ ❄ ❅❆❇❆❈ ❉❊❋❊●❊❍
❃ ❍ ❅❆❇❆❈ ■❊●❊❄❊❏
❃ ❉ ❅❆❇❆❈ ❄❊❏❊❑❊▲
❃ ❄▲ ❅❆❇❆❈ ■❊◆❊■❊❉
P✯✢✣ ❂✥ ✼✿❀ ❁
❃ ❄ ❅❆❇❆❈ ■❊▲❊❋❊▲
❃ ❍ ❅❆❇❆❈ ❍❊❏❊❉❊❑
❃ ❉ ❅❆❇❆❈ ❋❊▲❊■❊❉
❃ ❄▲ ❅❆❇❆❈ ●❊❄❊◆❊◆
P✯✢✣ ❂✥ ✼✿❀ ✦
❃ ❄ ❅❆❇❆❈ ❏❊❉❊❍❊◆
❃ ❍ ❅❆❇❆❈ ❉❊■❊●❊❍
❃ ❉ ❅❆❇❆❈ ◆❊❄❊■❊❑
❃ ❄▲ ❅❆❇❆❈ ❉❊❏❊●❊▲
✗ óõô ✗✖◗ ó ✗ ò
❘❙✪❯❱❳❩ ❬✭ ❭✿✬✬❪
❃ ❫❴❵❜❝❞ ❢❣❞❤❥❴❈ ❏▲▲❊❋❉❉❊◆■◆❏❆
❃ ❢❧♠❵❜❝❞ ❢❣❞❤❥❴❈ ●▲■❊●❏❏❊❑❋❍❄❆
↔➠ ➙ ➥➙↕➤↔➠➟ ➜➓➒ ➡↔➒➔ ➙ ➟➧➠➢➔➓➒ ➡➓➧➠➨➚
➡➔↔➛➔ ➣➧➢➒ ➔➙➶→ ➫→→➠
properly compensated for
➪➸➔→➢→ ➡➔➓ ➢➙➡ ➘➧➜➒➓➠➴➢
➢➒→➙➣➫➓➙➒ ➝➓↕ ➒➔→ ➻↕➢➒ ➒↔➣→➵
➒➔➓➢→ ➡➔➓ ➡↔➒➠→➢➢→➨ ➒➔→ ➻↕➢➒
➒↕↔➥ ➒➓ ➽➢➜➙➠➨ ➾↔➒➩ ➡↔➒➔ ➠➓
a cheer from thousands
➠➓➒↔➠➟ ➒➔➙➒ ➼➙➜➢➔ ➡➙➢ ➠➓➒
or Central Oregon.
➞↔➟➔➒ ➒➔↕↔➜➜→➨ ➓➠➜➓➓➤→↕➢➚
➪➸➔↕➓➧➟➔➓➧➒ ➒➔→↕→ ➡➙➢
♥✖♣✟◗ õ ◗✖✗ ☞ õò ✖q
r✉❱❳❀ ❱✈✈✭❳❬ ✫❩ ✪✿①❱ ❬✭ ①❱✬✫✉❱❳
❀✭❙❳ ②❯❩❱❳✉❱❳ ✫✮ ✿ ❬✫✪❱✬❀ ✪✿✮③
✮❱❳✧ ②❭❭✿❩✫✭✮✿✬✬❀ ❭✭✮①✫❬✫✭✮❩ ❱④✫❩❬
❬⑤✿❬ ✪✿⑥❱ ①❱✬✫✉❱❳❀ ✪✭❳❱ ①✫✈⑦❭❙✬❬✧
⑧✹ ⑨✳✜ ✚❡✘ ✴✳⑩ ✳✴ ✚ ❶✳⑩✳❡
❡✳✜⑩✘❷ ①❱✬✫✉❱❳❀ ❩⑤✭❙✬① ❯❱ ❯❱✈✭❳❱
●❈■▲ ❅❆❇❆ ❫❸ ❹❥❧ ❝❥ ❴❥♠ ❣❞❺❞❜❻❞
❹❥❧❣ ❅❼❅❞❣ ❅❽❞❼❵❞ ❺❼❽❽ ●❍❄❊❋◆■❊
✦✶❾✶✧
▼ ✁✂❆❨✱ ▼❆❨ ✄✱ ☎✆✶✾
LOCAL
➼➙➜➢➔ ➙➜➢➓ ➣➙➨→ ➞↔➟➔➒➢
in 1911 in Portland, Se-
➙➒➒➜→➵
↔➠ ➒➔→ ➛➓➣➣➧➠↔➒➩ ➡➔➓
➡➙➒➛➔→➨ ➫➧➒ ➨↔➨ ➠➓➒ ➥➙➩➵
✃➓➢➛➓➡➵
➽➨➙➔➓➵
Wenatchee, Washington,
and many other sites in the
West.
year.
➯➲➳➯➵ ➸➺➻ ➻➲➼➽ ➾➳➚➪
➶➲➼➪➳ ➽➺➹➹➪➼➳➽ ➪➚➽➻
➘➴➷ ➘➬➮➱✃ ❐❒❮❰ ÏÐÑÒ ÓÔÔ
O REGON IN B RIEF
êëìí îïëð ëðñìëòó
Oregon community college
student shot, killed
➹×➺➹Õ➹ Ø Ò➠ Ó↕→➟➓➠ ➛➓➣➣➧➠↔➒➩ ➛➓➜ -
lege student is dead after police found him
➧➠→Ð➥→➛➒→➨ ➫➜→➢➢↔➠➟ ➒➓ ➓➧↕ ➜↔➶→➢ ➡➔→➠ ➔→
➦➓↔➠→➨ ➧➢ ➙➢ ➙ ➫➙➫➩ ↔➠ Ú→➠➩➙ ➙➠➨ ➟↕→➡ ➒➓ ➫→
a compassionate, thoughtful young man.”
ÛÜÝ ÞÜßàáÝâ ÞÜ ãäåÝæ çáÝ
➙ ↕→➥➓↕➒ ➓➝ ➢➔➓➒➢ ➻↕→➨ ➫→➔↔➠➨ ➙ ➫➙↕ ➙➠➨
ÙÒ➱➹✃ Ø Ò➒ ➜→➙➢➒ ➓➠→ ➥→↕➢➓➠ ➡➙➢ ➒➙➤ -
→➠ ➒➓ ➒➔→ ➔➓➢➥↔➒➙➜ ➡↔➒➔ ➛↕↔➒↔➛➙➜ ↔➠➦➧↕↔→➢
➙➝➒→↕ ➙ ➻↕→ ➒➓↕→ ➒➔↕➓➧➟➔ ➙➠ ➙➥➙↕➒➣→➠➒
grill early Saturday. In the parking lot,
building in Salem, Oregon.
➒➔→➩ ➝➓➧➠➨ ➙ ➣➙➠ ➡➔➓ ➔➙➨ ➫→→➠ ➢➔➓➒➚ ➳→
ÚÓ➽Õ ↕→➥➓↕➒➢ ➒➔➙➒ ➒➔→ ➻↕→ ➢➒➙↕➒→➨
➙↕➓➧➠➨ ❮è➮➭ ➙➚➣➚ ✃➓➠➨➙➩➚ é→➥➧➒↔→➢
➡→↕→ ➣→➒ ➡↔➒➔ ➔➧➟→ ➞➙➣→➢ ➡➔→➠ ➒➔→➩
University of Oregon police and the
Eugene Police Department responded to
died at the scene.
Ò➧➒➔➓↕↔➒↔→➢ ↔➨→➠➒↔➻→➨ ➔↔➣ Ù➧➠➨➙➩ ➙➢
21-year-old Alex Oyombe Gradin of Eu-
➟→➠→➚ ➳→ ➡➙➢ ➙ ➢➒➧➨→➠➒ ➙➒ ➱➙➠→ ➾➓➣➣➧ -
nity College.
➳↔➢ ➝➙➣↔➜➩ ➢➙➩➢ ↔➠ ➙ ➢➒➙➒→➣→➠➒ ➔→ ➪➡➙➢ ➙➠
arrived on scene.
➼➔↔➜→ ➒➔→ ➞➙➣→➢ ➙➥➥→➙↕ ➒➓ ➫→ ➓➧➒➵
➛↕→➡➢ ➙↕→ ➢➒↔➜➜ ➙➛➒↔➶→➜➩ ➡➓↕➤↔➠➟➚ Ù➓ ➝➙↕➵
eight apartments have been impacted.
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➝➞➟➠ ➠➡➢➝ ➤➞➥ ➦➧➨➩ ➧➫➦➭
✐✐❥❥ ❦♠♥♦r♣ q♣t s✉✈♠r ✇①②③ ④ ⑤⑥⑦⑧⑤⑨⑩⑧⑩⑩❶⑦
⑨⑨⑦⑨ ❷♥❸✉❹❺ ❻❼♠t ❽✉ ❾❿➀➁➂➃ ④ ⑤⑥⑦⑧➄➅⑤⑧➅⑦⑤⑨
➆♦❹❺✉③⑧➇r①❺✉③ ❶⑧➄ ④ ➈➀♣➉r❺✉➌ ➍⑧➄ ④ q➉❹❺✉➌ ➎⑧⑤
➏➐➑➒➑➓ ➔➑→ ➣↔↔↕➓➒→➙➒➣➑➛ ➑➛↔➜
✧★ ✩✪✫ ✬✫✩✭✬✫✮ ✯✭✰✫ ✰✪✲✭✬✳✲✴ ✵✸ ✹✲✴✴✫✬ ✹✲✴✺✻★ ✼✵✲✬✮ ✵✸
✮✭✬✫✰✩✵✬★❞ ✽✻✳ ✿✬✵❀✮ ✩✵ ★✲❁ ✹✲✴✴✫✬ ✭★ ✳❁ ✼✲✴✺❂ ✹✲✴✴✫✬
✪✲★ ★✫✬✯✫✮ ✩✪✫ ✿✫✵✿❤✫ ✵✸ ✫✲★✩✫✬✴ ❃✬✫❄✵✴ ★✭✴✰✫ ❅❇❈❉
➊ ✭✴✮✭✯✭✮❀✲❤★❞ ✸✲✳✭❤❁ ✸✲✬✳✫✬★❞ ✬✲✴✰✪✫✬★ ✲✴✮ ✰✲✩✩❤✫✳✫✴❞
❈❊✫✬★ ✲✴✮ ❋❋✧✫✬★❞ ✳✵✳ ✲✴✮ ✿✵✿ ✼❀★✭✴✫★★✫★ ✲✴✮
❤✵✰✲❤❤❁ ✼✲★✫✮ ✰✵✬✿✵✬✲✩✭✵✴★❂ ✧★ ★✩✫❧✲✬✮★ ✵✸ ✵❀✬ ❤✵✰✲❤
✰✵✳✳❀✴✭✩❁❞ ✩✪✫✭✬ ✬✵✵✩★ ✪✫✬✫ ✲✬✫ ✲★ ✮✫✫✿ ✲★ ✳✭✴✫ ✲✴✮
✩✪✫❁✻✯✫ ★❀✿✿✵✬✩✫✮ ❀★ ✩✪✬✵❀❄✪ ✩✪✭✰✺ ✲✴✮ ✩✪✭✴❂
✹✲✴✴✫✬ ✹✲✴✺ ✪✲★ ✼✫✫✴ ✳❁ ✼✲✴✺ ★✭✴✰✫ ✽ ●✬★✩ ❍✵✭✴✫✮ ✭✴
❅❇■❏❞ ✲✴✮ ❧✭❤❤ ✼✫ ✸✵✬ ✲★ ❤✵✴❄ ✲★ ✽ ✪✲✯✫ ✲✴❁✩✪✭✴❄ ✩✵ ★✲❁
✲✼✵❀✩ ✭✩❂ ❛✲✴ ❁✵❀ ★✲❁ ✩✪✫ ★✲✳✫ ✲✼✵❀✩ ❁✵❀✬ ✼✲✴✺❑ ✽✸ ✴✵✩❞
✿✫✬✪✲✿★ ✭✩✻★ ✩✭✳✫ ❁✵❀ ✩✲❤✺ ❧✭✩✪ ★✵✳✫✵✴✫ ✲✩ ✹✲✴✴✫✬❂
▲✫★★✫ ◆❂ ❋✵★✩✫✬
❘✫✩✭✬✫✮ P✭✰✫ ❛✪✲✭✬✳✲✴ ✵✸ ✩✪✫ ✹✵✲✬✮
✹✲✴✴✫✬ ❛✵✬✿✵✬✲✩✭✵✴ ✲✴✮ ✹✲✴✴✫✬ ✹✲✴✺
❃✬✫❄✵✴ ✹✲✴✺✫✬★ ✧★★✵✰✭✲✩✭✵✴ ◗ ❊✲❤❤ ✵✸ ❋✲✳✫ ✽✴✮❀✰✩✫✫
✎❜✕✕✌✏✎❜✕✖✗✘✙✍ ✚ ✛✜✜✢✣✤✣✢✥✥✦✦
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