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HISTORY
VERBATIM
City Pulling
Curfew Tight
Grand jury investigation of
a wild party attended mostly
by teen-agers has resulted
in closer control of teen-age
activity on downtown Dalles
streets and a complaint
charging an adult with buy-
ing beer for minors.
Ac complaint charging a
21-year-pld man with giving
alcoholic liquor to persons
under 21 was signed and is-
sued by Cecil Huffman, local
Oregon State Liquor Control
officer.
The complaint was
recommended by the grand
jury along with a suggestion
that existing local ordinances
governing the after-dark
activities of teen-agers be
enforced.
As a result District
Attorney Herry J. Hogan
has addressed a letter to
Dalles Mayor John Howe
telling him of the grand jury’s
The Dalles Chronicle archives concern.
The Dalles roundhouse, with M.P. Wilmes, engineer, left, and Joe Wilson, fireman.
Stores Reflect
Christmas Cheer
YESTERYEARS
1920 — 100 years ago
A capacity house wit-
nessed the formal opening of
the Blue Diamond Bowling
Alleys Tuesday evening.
Working up to the last
minute, Mr. House and Mr.
Kruse kept their promise to
Hood River bowling fans by
having the six tournament
drives ready at the time
specified. Short speeches
by Mayor Scobee, Truman
Butler and Rev. W.H. Boddy
started the evening. — Hood
River News
In the advertisements be-
ing published now by mer-
chants of The Dalles, they are
giving you the latest news
of their stores. Everyone is
shopping and everyone is
buying, or should be buying,
in The Dalles. If you are
skeptical about the prices in
The Dalles, compare those
quoted in these columns by
the merchants with those
published by Portland
merchants. You will find that
item for item, local prices are
either the same or lower. —
The Dalles Daily Chronicle
1940 — 80 years ago
A big treat is in store
for the boys and girls
of this community next
Wednesday, Christmas Day,
when the Hood River Elks
Club will sponsor a free
show at the Rialto Theater.
Following the show, which
will start at 10 o’clock and
will be a full length special
feature, Santa Claus will be
the center of attraction at a
big Christmas tree at the Elks
Temple. There will be gifts
and presents for all children
of town and valley who
attend. Inasmuch as a big
crowd of children is expect-
ed, plans have been made to
insure their safety by having
downtown streets patrolled
to keep the children free
from any traffic hazard. —
Hood River News
First editor of The Dalles
Daily Chronicle was John
H. Cradlebaugh, a man of
exceptional talents and a
keen follower of the jour-
nalistic profession. Twenty-
five years ago Cradlebaugh
wrote of his impressions of
the birth of The Chronicle in
1890 and its subsequent ear-
ly history. These impressions
have been recorded and are
republished as follows... —
The Dalles Daily Chronicle
1960 — 60 years ago
Mt. Hood residents who’d
been away for a while were
startled by the sight greeting
them at the Mt. Hood School
corner. There, in the sudden-
ly empty lot where George
Hanel’s historic Mt. Hood
Post Office had always been
was just a pile of lumber. On
a heavy timber frame, with
men and machine provid-
ed by the State Highway
Department, the Hanel store
and P.O. were trucked out
of the path of the new swath
that the state will cut as it
pushes the Loop Highway
project on into the Hood
River Valley. — Hood River
News
Dalles City, Wasco County
and Oregon State Highway
officials huddled yesterday
in an attempt to work out a
right-of-way play problem
created by U.S. 30 by-pass
plans here ... regarding
property once slated for city
shops, now needed for S.
Frontage Road relocation. —
The Dalles Daily Chronicle
1980 — 40 years ago
The Dee Hardboard Plant
is back in full operation
this week for the first time
in almost a month and
Champion International
announced its Neal Creek
sawmill will shut down Dec.
22 through January during
installation of a new lumber
edger. Workers were called
back to their jobs Monday
at the Dee plant after the
GLOBAL HEADLINES
1920
Men Wear Corsets To Outprimp Women
2 Murders Committed In Tacoma
Anti-Saloon League Sleuths Make Raids, Seize Booze;
Arrest 8 (The Dalles)
Southwest Ireland Under Martial Law
1940
Court Order Forces First Break In Pacific Northwest Lumber
Strike
London Subjected To Terrific Nazi Aerial Assault
1960
Laotian Commies Seize American Hostages
State Agency Has Fluoride Arguments
Kennedy Names Brother Robert Attorney General
1980
Col. Sanders Dies, Famous For Chicken
Inventor Of Scotch Tape Dies
Chrysler Seeking More Aid
2000
Commission claims Aryan leader owes back taxes
Kitzhaber seeks federal energy summit
BLM OKs cell phones, GPS devices
In keeping with the spirit of the season, Santa Claus was pressed
into service last Saturday afternoon for the customary parade down
Oak Street. Many youthful worshipers followed their idol to the big
tree at the end of the street, where Santa, assisted by Harold Loomis
and Fred Pattison, passed out candy to the kiddies. — Hood River
News, Dec. 20, 1940
The Dalles Daily Chronicle staff pose for a 50th anniversary edi-
tion published Dec. 16, 1940.
company operated with
a skeleton crew last week
during a shutdown involving
the temporary layoff of about
115 employees. The Neal
Creek sawmill shutdown
will result in the layoff of
approximately 95. — Hood
River News
What authorities had
first feared was a spill of
the toxic chemical PCB at
a truck weighing station on
Interstate 84 west of Hood
River turned out to be oil
sludge and was not hazard-
ous, the Oregon State Police
said late Wednesday. — The
Dalles Daily Chronicle
(1979) A lack of quorum at
Bingen City Council halted
progress on the adoption
of a county-wide amended
six-year comprehensive road
improvement program and
the City of Bingen’s alloca-
tion to the Klickitat County
Regional Planning Board. —
White Salmon Enterprise
2000 — 20 years ago
Old Man Winter blew
into town with a vengeance
this week, arriving a few
days ahead of schedule.
Snow began falling mid-
week, creating hazardous
road conditions around the
county, in town and on I-84
by Wednesday afternoon.
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said the concussion from the
object hitting the window
“sounded like a firecracker or
gun going off.”
Glass sprayed three or four
girls sitting near the window,
but no one was hurt.
Dunlap tried to contact the
Oregon State Police or the
Multnomah County Sheriff’s
Department on the bus ra-
dio, but was unable to do so.
He drove through Portland
and finally reached the
Beaverton office of the state
police. A trooper responded
at 5:15 p.m. and took the
report.
The bus continued to
Hillsboro, where the varsity
team won and the junior
varsity lost.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle,
December 16, 1980
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A bus carrying The Dalles
High School girls varsity
and junior varsity basketball
team members and coaches
may have been shot while
entering Portland Monday
afternoon.
No one was hurt, but a
window was broken.
School Supt. George
Yertson notified The
Chronicle this morning.
Authorities initially are
working from the assump-
tion the incident involved a
gunshot, though a bullet was
not found inside the bus.
The bus was traveling
westbound on Interstate 84
between 182nd and 166th
streets when it was hit in the
left side rear window by an
object assumed to be a bul-
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himself go in the Franz
store and his gift window is
a thing of beauty. The artist
at the Star Grocery has also
produced a very clever and
seasonal design.
But the most novel exhibit
of the season is that at the
Mt. Hood Meat Co. One
would not think of meat in
designs, but when you are
passing, take a glance and
you will admit that “art steps
in where nature fails.”
Many of the interiors of the
stores are extremely attrac-
tive with Xmas designs and
there are several in which the
finishing touches are yet to
be added.
— Hood River News,
December 17, 1920
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A number of Hood River
stores are already reflecting
that Christmas cheer which
means so much to all shop-
pers at this season of the
year. In spite of the difficulty
experienced in securing
certain wanted lines, every
store that is making a special
effort to cater to the Xmas
trade is carrying lines of such
extensive variety that one
would be hard to please if he
or she could not find a gift
suitable for the season.
Store windows do not
always lend themselves to
clever decorative designs,
but there are some in the city
this season that will certain-
ly attract much favorable
comment.
Wayne Poland has let
by Thursday, city workers
spreading sand and gravel
struggled to keep pace with
the storm, as snow falling
heavily throughout the
morning turned streets into
icy runways and sent cars
bouncing off one another. —
Hood River News
A tractor trailer rig
plunged off the O.S. 97
bridge and dropped 150
feet into the Columbia River
Friday, killing the driver. The
vehicle was not visible above
the water. Searchers imme-
diately began checking both
sides of the river for survi-
vors. Search divers using a
video camera located the
man in the tractor trailer but
was not able to immediately
recover his body because of
dangerous river conditions.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle Editorial cartoon from The Dalles Daily Chronicle, Dec. 16, 1980.
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In the letter Hogan in-
forms the mayor the grand
jury was concerned about
the freedom allowed teen-
agers on Dalles City streets
at night.
In the interviews of some
15 young people attending a
Saturday night party result-
ing in several complaints to
city police, the grand jury
this week learned that 14 and
15-year-old girls had been on
downtown city streets well
after 10 p.m.
In accordance with the
grand jury’s recommenda-
tions Dalles Police Chief
Robert Bower has contacted
owners and operators of
Dalles all-night restaurants.
Proprietors have assured
him, Brower said, they will
attempt to curb after hour
loitering by teenagers.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle,
December 16, 1960
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