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Wednesday, December 2, 2020
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HISTORY
Heavy Industry
Industrial workers stand for photos at their work stations
at Employees of Martin Marietta Aluminum in 1979. The alu-
minum reduction plant began operations in 1958 as Harvey
Aluminum Inc., which became a wholly owned subsidiary
of Martin Marietta Corporation in 1970. The plant was shut
down in 1984. In 1986, portions of the plant were leased to
Northwest Aluminum Company, which resumed primary
operations.
The property was formally listed as a National Priority List
superfund site in 1983: During facility operation, waste con-
stituents were stored, treated and disposed of onsite. Waste
included fluoride, sodium, sulfate, cyanide, and polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). Also buried on site were
asbestos insulation, coke, pitch and cathode waste from the
alumina reduction cells, which contain cyanide compounds
formed during the reduction process.
The central plant has since been demolished, the landfill
capped with liners and rock, and water from the site is moni-
tored for contaminants and treated.
YESTERYEARS
1920 — 100 years ago
Superintendent A.M.
Cannon announces that
a sufficient number of
students have registered
for commercial subjects to
justify the opening of that
department in night classes.
Miss Lucretia Rodell will
be in charge and offers a
three months’ course in
typewriting, shorthand and
bookkeeping. To cover cost
of instruction and overhead,
a tuition of $4 per pupil,
payable in advance, will be
collected by the superinten-
dent at the opening. — Hood
River News
The keys to the city will be
turned over to 150 members
of the Oregon State Hotel
association who will arrive
in the city on the noon train
tomorrow. A reception
committee made up of local
business men will be at the
depot to greet the visiting
hotel men and welcome
them to the “gateway to east-
ern Oregon.” — The Dalles
Daily Chronicle
Work of graveling the
Columbia River highway
immediately west of The
Dalles has begun, Divisional
Engineer J.H. Scott an-
nounced today. Course grav-
el is being hauled from the
city rock crusher, as none of
the natural rock used on the
Mosier end of the highway is
available. The course gravel
will be rolled, and then coat-
ed with fine crushed rock. —
The Dalles Daily Chronicle
1940 — 80 years ago
That the people of Oregon
will vote this state dry
by 1944 was the predic-
tion made by B.N. Hicks,
state superintendent of
the Anti-Liquor League,
before Pomona Grangers
at Rockford Hall Tuesday of
this week. Hicks, who de-
livered a convincing talk on
his subject, was the leading
speaker at the open meet-
ing of the Grange. He was
warmly applauded. — Hood
River News
The Central Machine
Welding Works, Second and
Jefferson streets, will be the
scene tonight of the first ses-
sion of a machine tool class
which has been organized in
The Dalles under the nation-
al defense training program
and is being conducted with
the approval of the state
board for vocational edu-
cation. — The Dalles Daily
Chronicle
1960 — 60 years ago
Duckwall Bros. completed
their packing operations for
the season today, Thursday,
at the Odell packing plant.
The packing house crew
enjoyed their annual end of
the season party Wednesday
afternoon during coffee
break, then exchanged small
gifts. “We do not have packet
figures averrable as of yet,”
said Sales Manager Dick
Duckwall. “But packets will
be less than last year due
to smaller sizes. Prices to
both export and domestic
markets are higher than last
year.” — Hood River News
A “go-slow” policy has
been adopted by the Wasco
County Assessor C.A.
(Mac) Wood in regards
to the Oregon State Tax
Commission’s recent direc-
tive that property of fraternal
organizations be no long
considered tax exempt. —
The Dalles Daily Chronicle
1980 — 40 years ago
GLOBAL HEADLINES
1920
Italian Troops Blockade City Of Fiume
771 Are Killed In Irish Revolt
Wilson May Urge League Adoption Upon Congress
1940
Devastating Air Raids Directed At Britain
British Convoy Attacked by Subs
Greeks Pushing Italians Back At Bayonet Point
1960
Hatfield Has Record Budget For 2 Years
Kennedy Assured No Election Fraud
Reds Say Space Zoo Still Up; Westerners Doubtful
Plan Would Cut Old-Age Grants
1980
Higher Prices, Less Gas Is Forecast
Power Plan For Northwest Still In Future
Potential Peanut Butter Panic Threatens
2000
Election case draws justice skepticism
High Court sets aside Florida ruling
Greg Walden rejects bid for governor
A successor to the Hood
River County landfill will be
sited at property in Hood
River near Rand Road.
County Commissioners vot-
ed Friday to sign the option
to purchase 6.44 acres of
land at the corner of Rand
Road and Cascade Street,
now owned by Herschel
Johnson of Odell. The
germinate ends a search that
started in earnest more than
six months ago and has been
a goal for more than two
years. — Hood River News
Shoplifting arrests have
hit a three-year high in The
Dalles and efforts of an
anti-shoplifting program
currently underway here
may push it even higher.
Sgt. Art Labrousse of the
city police said as of the
end of October, 56 persons
had been apprehended and
accused of shoplifting, or of-
ficially first or second degree
theft depending on the value
of merchandise taken. — The
Dalles Chronicle
Procedures to permit the
annexation of Foley Lakes
Mobile Home Park were
begun by The Dalles City
Council Monday night. —
The Dalles Chronicle
(19790 Port of Klickitat
Manager William
Hemingway advised com-
missioners not to accept
a verbal offer from SDS
Lumber Company regarding
a 25-acre lot currently under
lease to Dickey Farms. SDS
offered about $75,000 for
dryland acreage located
around Marina Park and ad-
jacent to SDS. The land also
includes a lake. Hemingway
advised commissioners
not to accept any offer
under an average range of
$6,000-$13,000 per acre.
Dickey Farms and another
company whose identity
commissioners are guarding
have expressed interest in
purchasing land owned by
the port. — White Salmon
Enterprise
2000 — 20 years ago
Pay the fine for a traffic
violation or buy a Christmas
toy for a child. That’s the
choice offered by the
Hood River City Police
Department and Municipal
Court for minor traffic tickets
issued during the next two
weeks. The holiday Toys for
Ticket program is in its third
year and is popular with the
patrol officers who usually
face only negative feedback
from issuing citations.
Officers will deliver the toys,
along with the annual food
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Good Ones Needed — Some plastic toys of the type held here by
Capt. Frank Bonn of The Dalles fire department are suitable for
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crews can’t make them into suitable gifts. More toys are needed
for repair program and early donations are sought so there will be
plenty of time for repair and paint-up work.
VERBATIM
Displays Shown Tyee Group
The Tyee Mineralites were shown two exhibits during
their Nov. 12 meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. James Ellett brought to the meeting some
rock specimens they picked up up during a hunting trip. F.S.
Creighton furnished the program with a display of his wood
carvings — wagons, planter, bookends, a haybaler that ac-
tually works, and an inlaid table that was made from woods
from various places.
The club elected officers for the following year. Light
refreshments were served at the close of the meetings.
— Nov. 18, 1960, The Dalles Daily Chronicle,
Hair Grown on Bald Head
After being almost totally bald, a New Yorker happily
found something which brought out a new, luxuriant growth
of hair of which he is so proud that he will send the informa-
tion free to anyone who asks for it. Write: John H. Brittain,
Station F, New York, N.Y. Many women and men have grown
hair after all else failed. Cut this out, show others; this is
genuine.
— November 4, 1920, The Dalles Daily Chronicle
baskets, on Dec 17. — Hood
River News
Wasco County plans to
resume clean-up efforts on
the Hi Dollar property by
seeking out partners to assist
with the project. Cleanup of
the property, located at 2365
E. Second St., became the
county’s problem when it
foreclosed on the site in 1995
due to unpaid back taxes. A
salvage and scrap operation
existed on the property for
over 20 years. — The Dalles
Chronicle
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resulted in a recommenda-
tion to hold onto the title of
the building where White
Salmon’s library once sat.
Committee chair Penny
White Morris pointed out
each member of the com-
mittee seemed to be in favor
of the recommendation.
“There is no reason to get rid
of that building. We should
hold on to it, and lease it or
rent beginning Jan. 1, 2001,”
Morris said.
The building is located at
142 east Jewett, has been va-
cant since the library moved.
When the new mayor and
city council assume office
this evening, their first offi-
cial act will be to consider a
very material tightening of
the influenza Quarantine in
The Dalles. With two deaths
yesterday and the num-
ber of new cases showing
practically no reduction, it is
the opinion of Mayor-elect
P.J. Stadelman that a serious
emergency exists in this city
and that strict measures
must be taken to safeguard
the public health.
Mr. Stadelman yesterday
made a thorough survey
of the situation as it now
exists in this city and he
declared this morning that
he is deeply impressed with
the need of the strictest
measures to check further
progress of the disease.
“It can no longer be
doubted,” said Mayor
Stadelman, “that some
of the deaths which have
occurred were directly due
to attendance at gatherings
where somebody had the
disease. It has also been
shown that although the
person giving the disease
may have it in a light form,
they may transmit it in a
most acute form, resulting
in death. I had a confer-
ence yesterday with Dr.
Thompson and he stated
that his recent experience
has proved to him beyond
the shadow of a doubt that
the disease is being spread
through public gatherings.
“While I do not wish
to appear radical,” Mayor
Stadelman continued, “I do
believe that a few dollars
or a little loss of business
or social pleasure are not
to be considered when
weighed against a human
life. Immediately after I read
my message this morning,
I shall recommend to the
council that they put the
quarantine lid on the city as
tightly as possible.”
—The Dalles Daily
Chronicle, January 6, 1919
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