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Wednesday, May 12, 2021
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HISTORY
VERBATIM
Big Avalanche
On Mt. Adams
What is believed to be
the greatest avalanche
in the known history of
Mount Adams swept down
the southwest face of the
mountain Sunday, and was
witnessed by hundreds of
people and the Trout Lake
district. People living in
the Trout Lake territory
declare that the noise,
which resembled the roar of
thunder, could be distinctly
heard for many miles and
the huge masses of snow,
piling up toward the base of
the mountain, presented a
wonderful sight. All that is
now left to mark this great
snow slide is a wide scar on
the face of the mountain
The Wasco Baseball Club poses for a team photo Aug. 26, 1951. Pictured from left, first row, Steve O’Meara, manager; Jim Riskosky, Bill
Esseltyne, Joe Tom, David Richelderfer; second row, Jack Adams, Glen Van Gilder, Louie Santone, Hank Richelderfer and Ken Bridley.
Image scanned from a 4-inch by 5-9inch black and white negative.
YESTERYEARS
1921 — 100 years ago
If you had a boy or friends
in the service, you should
make a point of seeing flash-
es of action, which are to be
shown at the Liberty Theater
on Wednesday and Thursday
of next week. It is stated that
quite a number of local men
are in these pictures, which
were taken on the Western
front at the time of the big
drive which spelled disaster
to the hopes of the Germans.
— Hood River News
The local Christian church
will be without a pastor
Sunday, unless emergency
measures now being invoked
by officers of the church
organization bring results.
For church officers have sent
out a hurried call for a new
pastor to take the place of
The Rev. Carl C. Walker, sud-
denly resigned. According to
Grant Morgan, treasurer of
the church, Mr. Walker left
the city last Friday, without
giving any explanation as to
where he was going or when
he was coming back. Last
Sunday’s services came, and
he had not returned. — The
Dalles Daily Chronicle
1941 — 80 years ago
If present indications of
the set of pears and cherries
can be safely accepted as any
guide to the coming crops
of cherries and pears, it is
evident that the Upper Valley
had a real break during the
pollination period, for many
of the pear growers in that
area of Hood River Valley
state that their prospects at
this time are most promis-
ing, in Bartletts, Anjous and
Bosc. Nothing definite will
be known, however, at least
until the June drop has come
and gone, for this is one of
the factors upon which the
size of crops can be deter-
mined. — Hood River News
Sunday afternoon’s elec-
trical storm, which swept
in from the southwest over
all of northwest Oregon and
southwestern Washington,
did considerable damage
in The Dalles district, but
brought little rain in com-
parison with downpours re-
ported west and south of the
city. The wind reached gale
proportions in and around
The Dalles, blowing wires
from the Pacific Power and
Light company’s 2300 volt
circuit into the arc circuit
supplying city street lights
and burning out about 125
street light globes. As a result
most of the street lights were
out all night. — The Dalles
Daily Chronicle
1961 — 60 years ago
Hood River citizens, con-
sumed by all this talk about
“home rule” and “county
charter” actively ask a ques-
tion that reveals much about
the problems of county
Man Is Shot At
Spray; Lodged In
Hospital Here
J.J. Griffith of Spray,
Oregon, was in a pre-
carious condition in The
Dalles hospital today with a
gunshot wound through his
lower chest and abdomen,
following an altercation at
4:30 Sunday morning with
the proprietor of the Pastime
pool hall at Spray, over the
latter’s refusal to sell beer
after hours.
Griffith today declared
that when he became
insistent that the proprietor
sell him several bottles of
beer, the proprietor called
him a “fighting name” and
dared him to try to remove
the glasses he was wearing.
Griffith thereupon snatched
Penny Scramble Meets Favor With Youngers — One of the outstanding events of Hood River’s first
Bargain Day was the penny scramble on Oak Street between Second and Third streets. An estimated
150 children made quick and efficient work of the several hundred pennies that were tossed into the
straw. Several merchants noticed a decided increase in penny ales immediately after the event.
— Hood River News, May 9, 1941
government: “Haven’t we
got ‘home rule’ now?” They
refer, of course to the fact
that this community elects
its own city and county
officers, votes on the budget
and approved various bond-
ing measures by local vote.
So what does “home rule”
mean? The answer explains
why a group of Hood River
citizens have been working
tirelessly since 1958 on for-
mulation of a county charter
and tells much about the
differences between county
and city government. —
Hood River News
Bargaining between
Dalles City officials and
general fund employees
for future wage hikes will
resume tonight when a
formal negotiation session
convenes at 7:30 p.m. in city
hall. City police and firemen,
meeting yesterday in joint
session, agreed to send rep-
resentatives to further salary
talks with the city council,
manager and department
heads. — The Dalles Daily
Chronicle
1981 — 40 years ago
The Cascade Locks City
Council heard a proposal
Monday night to raise elec-
trical rates for the city-owed
utility by up to 59 percent
for industrial power users
during the fiscal year starting
July 1. Even so, it stressed
that the rates in Cascade
Locks would remain
substantially below other
areas. City Administrator
Ken Hobson said increased
electrical fees will be
necessary for fiscal 1981-82
because Bonneville Power
Administration, which sells
Cascade Locks electricity,
has requested a 53 percent
increase on the sale of its
wholesale power to munici-
palities. — Hood River News
Prepare for unexpected
power outages with a
Generac home standby
generator
The owner of Foley Lakes
Mobile Home Park was given
permission by the city coun-
cil Monday to hook into the
city sewer system without
the usual requirement of
annexation to the city. The
usual annexation require-
ment was waived due to the
existence of an immediate
critical public health prob-
lem caused by the failure of
the septic tank system at the
mobile home park. — The
Dalles Chronicle
Princesses for the 1981
Lyle Pioneer Days are
already hard at work getting
ready for this year’s festival,
scheduled May 22 to May
24. The princesses this year,
all students at Lyle High
School, are Millie Nelson,
Donna Hensley, Heather
Mattox, Francine Carter,
Mindy Upton, Reena Miller,
Leann Beck and Julie Kay
Espey. Last Saturday the girls
sponsored a carwash and
bake sale and this coming
Saturday will take on their
sponsors in a basketball
game at the Lyle High
gymnasium. The queen for
Pinoeer Days will be chosen
dring the festival’s opening
night on Friday. —White
Salmon Enterprise
2001 — 20 years ago
David R. Meriwether
will be the new Hood River
County administrator.
Meriwether was introduced
Friday as community
members and civic leaders
gathered at the courthouse.
Meriwether is currently the
city manager of Silverton.
“He has a strong background
in local government and
economic development
and we felt that his overall
qualifications were the best
that we had seen,” said John
Arens, chair of the county
board. — Hood River News
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1921
Saloons Begin Plugging Dry Law Loopholes
England Condemns Poles’ Action In Silesia
Heavy Losses Sustained By Pole Invaders
The official colors of the
1941
new middle school will be
Guerrilla Warfare Reported In Iraq
silver and blue, but The
Strikes Again Threaten Labor Fronts of U.S.
Dalles will have to wait a
Latest Nazi Air Attack Does Small Damage, Claimed
month for the name and
1961
mascot. With The Dalles
Legislators Authorize $7 Million More Than Hatfield
School Board split between
Requested
keeping the current name
Vice President Vows Vietnam Aid
and changing it, its members
1 in 20 Born Outside Wedlock
tabled the decision for an-
1981
other month. — The Dalles
Second IRA Hunger Striker Hughes Dead
Chronicle
Reagan Plan Penalizes Those Who Retire Early
Spring is a season of
Confederate Soldier Finally Gets His Tombstone
change, and change is
2001
also in the air for both the
Foul-up delays McVeigh execution
White Salmon and Bingen
Israel rejects freeze, launches raid
City Councils. Last week,
Support drops for Mexican leader
Albert Choi of the Bingen
City Council, and Jeff Bruce
of the White Salmon City
Council, advised their
respective cities that they
would be resigning from
their positions effective
immediately. Bruce, who
works at SDS Lumber Co.,
is leaving the council to give
him more time to further his
education. “Leaving was a
tough choice to make,” Bruce
said. “The future of SDS is
not looking good, and i need
to get my schooling done.”
Choi, owner of the Bingen
Superette, decided to leave
the council because he is
moving to Vancouver to pur-
sue new business interests.
“I’ll miss it. I feel like this
“Don’t ask for crackers — say SNOW FLAKES,” reads the text on this
is my home,” Choi said. —
advertisement published in May of 1921.
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the glasses from his nose
and the Pastime proprietor
retaliated by drawing a gun
and firing at close range.
Sheriff Kelsey, at Fossil,
who place the proprietor un-
der arrest, declared that the
latter’s explanation was that
he was no physical match
for Griffith and fired in self
defense when Griffith pulled
his glasses off as an evident
preliminary move toward
attacking the wearer.
The bullet was removed
yesterday morning here by
Dr. Thompson Coberth.
— May 12, 1941, The Dalles
Daily Chronicle
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and a drift many hundreds
of feet deep. It is believed
that a Chinook wind on the
higher levels of the mountain
caused a thaw and the water,
melting under the strata of
snow on the lower levels,
caused the top layers to slide.
The Portland Journal pub-
lished a photograph of the
avalanche, taken from Trout
Lake, which clearly shows
the dense masses of snow
piling up near the base of the
mountain.
As the lower levels and
valley of Mount Adams are
not inhabited, no damage
was done by the avalanche.
— Hood River News,
May 13, 1921
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