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Columbia Gorge News
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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HISTORY
VERBATIM
Milk Truck
Stolen, Deliveries
Hampered
Oregon state police today
held felony warrants for the
arrest of a person or per-
sons who stole a milk truck
from the Foley Lakes Dairy
yesterday.
The thief escaped with
the vehicle — a 1949 deliv-
ery truck — between the
hours of 4:30 and 10 p.m.
Sunday, thus causing much
inconvenience to operators
Oregon Lumber Company built Dee Mill in 1906. A two-story hotel sat on the property (upper right corner) until the mill town was dis-
mantled in the 1950s. Most of the mill burned in 1996.
Photo courtesy of The History Museum of Hood River County
1921 — 100 years ago
On Thursday of last week,
the east slope of Mount
Adams was the scene of
another great avalanche.
According to W.R. Wall,
fire warden in the Simcoe
mountains, the slide
occurred in the extremely
precipitous slope on the
east side of the peak above
the Big Muddy Basin, a
huge natural bowl where
the stream known as the
Big Muddy originates. The
forest ranger said the snow
commenced moving near
the top of the peak and that
about a quarter of the entire
area of the east side of the
mountain had the appear-
ance of being in motion. —
Hood River News
For the purpose of open-
ing bids for the construction
of a new municipal audito-
rium, plans for which have
already been drawn and
accepted, a special meeting
to the city council will be
held tonight, in the council
chamber. The first install-
ment of the $114,000 voted
in bonds will be sold at the
regular meeting of the coun-
cil on July 5. It is planned to
sell the total bond issue in
small lots, as the money is
required. — The Dalles Daily
Chronicle
1941 — 80 years ago
The following proclama-
tion is issued by Governor
Charles A. Sprague and is
of special interest to many
in our valley: “Whereas
the Selective Training
and Service Act of 1940,
approved Sept. 16, 1940,
declares that it is impera-
tive to increase and train
the personnel of the armed
forces of the United States
and that in a free society the
obligations and privileges of
military service should be
shared generally in accor-
dance with a fair and just
system of selective compul-
sory military training and
service … The second regis-
tration under the Selective
Training and Service Act
of 1940 shall take place on
Tuesday, the first day of July,
1941, between the hours of
7 a.m. and 9 p.m.” — Hood
River News
Clear skies and rising
temperatures brought
“miles of smiles” to Dalles
Breakfast club members
today as they launched
the “last lap” of prepara-
tions for this community’s
ninth annual Fourth of July
celebration, a coming event
of Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, July 3, 4 and 5. —
The Dalles Daily Chronicle
1961 — 60 years ago
It’s Cascade Locks and
Hood River vs. Odell and
Parkdale at the Fourth
of July Barbecue Peewee
exhibition game next week.
Lucky valley boys who earn
their places through a draw-
ing will get to “show off”
their Peewee baseball tal-
ents for a huge crowd during
the Peewee All-Leagues
baseball game that will be a
feature of the public barbe-
cue at Memorial Park July
4. From the 31 team rosters
in the valley, names will be
drawn to select the boys
who’ll make up the 18-man
rosters for the two squads.
— Hood River News
Newest addition in The
Dalles school system’s plant,
which this fall is expected
to accommodate some
3,000 students, is a wing
now being constructed at
the Junior High School. The
new section is rising south
of the present building and
is scheduled to be put in use
by the time classes start in
the fall. — The Dalles Daily
Chronicle
1981 — 40 years ago
Cong. Jim Weaver was in
The Dalles overnight and he
pushed his proposed grain
bank and timber export
controls, but shied away
from questions concern-
ing his future in Oregon
politics. He has been cited
as a prospective Democratic
candidate for governor, but
today would not commit
himself on that question.—
The Dalles Daily Chronicle
2001 — 20 years ago
Cherry growers aren’t
claiming disaster yet, but
this week’s unseasonably
hefty rainfall amounted to
a worrying surprise. “We
were expecting rain, we
just weren’t expecting the
deluge,” said Flip Yasui of
Willow Flat near Odell. “It
was not just the amount
but the duration. It came
down for quite a while,” he
said. “The damage has been
done,” said Steve Castagnoli,
Oregon State University
Extension agent. “It’s more
getting a handle on how
much (damage) there really
is out there. The lower valley
Bing (crop) is probably lost,
but as you go further up the
valley, because the fruit is
later, it may be less damage.”
— Hood River News
In a victory for landown-
ers over scenic preservation
advocates, the Washington
Supreme Court has over-
turned a congressionally
empowered agency’s bid
to remove a dream house
from a bluff overlooking the
spectacular Columbia River
Gorge. The case stretches
back to 1996, when Brian
and Jody Bea applied to
Skamania County to build
on property his family had
owned for generations. —
The Dalles Chronicle
Possemen Make
Extended Jaunt
Leaving The Dalles at
10 o’clock Saturday night,
two members of the Wasco
county Sheriff’s posse —
Vernon Campbell and
Chester Arthur — traversed
a 54-mile weekend route
to Timberline Lodge and
back as far as Hood River
Meadows, it was learned
here today.
The pair was joined at the
Meadows Sunday morning
by five other possemen and
rode to Timberline that
morning, returning to the
Meadows in late after-
noon where they loaded
their steeds in trailers and
YESTERYEARS
of the dairy and delaying
deliveries along the route
this morning while private
cars were being ushered into
temporary service.
The truck was taken while
the operators were away
from the ranch, exact time
not determined. It was red
and white in color.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle,
June 30, 1961
wheeled into The Dalles
late last night. Members of
the latter “squad” included
Archie Hovey, president of
the posse, Norval Martin,
Clifford Sparks, Harold
Sexton and H.K. Hansen.
Tomorrow night at 6:30
the possemen will assemble
at the riding academy to
drill in preparation for their
appearance in the Fourth
of July parade on Friday of
this week, it was announced
today.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle,
June 30, 1941
Rabies Could Explode Here
Downtown The Dalles main streets, paralleling the Columbia
River and the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, are shown in this
aerial photograph by Mell Olmstead, looking west — or down-
stream. Second Street, the westbound arterial, is on the right,
flanked by rail and river, with the Port of The Dalles dock and
grain elevator. On left is Third, eastbound arterial, with main
business blocks between.
— The Dalles Daily Chronicle, June 30, 1961
“We’ve got a situation
that is quiet, but it could
explode at any moment,”
warns local veterinarian
Dr. H.C. Morse, discussing
the current rabies alarm in
Oregon. Dr. Morse agreed
this week with Health Nurse
Emma Hanby that local
pet owners should take
advantage of the special
inoculation clinics set up
in Hood River, Odell and
Cascade Locks to provide
rabies shots for the pets
at $1.25 each. First of the
was held Wednesday at the
Armory, 7-9 p.m. Tonight,
another round of shots will
be offered at the Mid Valley
school in Odell. At Cascade
Locks school, the shots will
be offered Friday evening,
June 30. To date, response
to the urgings of state and
local health officers about
the seriousness of the rabies
threat has failed to bring
much of a rush for the inoc-
ulations, says Nurse Hanby.
She reports a large amount
of the special rabies vaccine
is still on hand here. The
current rabies scare resulted
from discovery of the disease
in several wild animals in
Oregon this year. Last month,
rabied bats were located in
Wasco County, bringing the
problem right to Hood River
County’s door. — Hood River
News, June 29, 1961
GLOBAL HEADLINES
1921
Eyes Of World Focused On Jersey Boxing Arena
Secret Meetings Will Determine Ireland’s Fate
House Agrees On Peace Resolution
1941
Spy Ring Broken Up By Arrests; 7 Confess Guilt
Russian Armies In Trap, Claim Of Nazi Chiefs
Minsk Captured By Hermans, Berlin Declares
1961
Rise Noted in Farm Cash Receipts So Far in ‘61
Vacationers Use $29 Daily
1981
Head Of Prison In Iran Slain
Odds Running Close In Israeli Election
Chemical Leak Hits Portland
War heroes George Akiyama, standing, and Mamour “Mam” Noji
are being honored for their meritorious service during World
War II as grand marshals of the Fourth of July parade. Both men
are natives of Hood River, whose families immigrated to the
United States in the early 1900s to become orchardists. Noji and
Akiyama said it was ironic that while they were drafted to serve in
the armed forces of their birth country, their parents and siblings
spent three years locked away in internment camps as war hyste-
ria invaded the West Coast. Photo by Jim Selmor. — Hood River
News, June 30, 2001
2001
BPA wholesale rates to rise 46 percent
Surgeon general’s report rankles Bush
Campaign bill gains key backer
Archive Extra
COOL HISTORY — The tug “Invader” passes behind a pair of icebergs in the Columbia River in
January 1949 in The Dalles. Prior to the damming of the river, which raised the water temperature,
ice frequently impacted the Mid-Columbia in the winter and early spring, judging from the photo-
graphs taken and published in the 1940s and earlier.
The Dalles Chronicle photo/file
Advertisement, 1961, The Dalles Daily Chronicle.