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HISTORY
July Fourth At Stevenson
VERBATIM
Rescuers Pack Lost Hunter
To Safety Near Parkdale
Sopping wet, skinned up
and shivering in the Mount
Hood night air, 73-year-old
Ranes Redding, Parkdale,
was rescued by a party of
Alpinees last Thursday night
after he became lost during
a “short hunting trip” south
of Parkdale.
Under direction of Sheriff
Rupert Gillmouthe, a rescue
team of Crag Rats and
Alpinees had fanned out
to find the elderly sports-
man after his companion
reported him missing from a
rendezvous point at nightfall
that day.
They searched from 7
p.m. until about 10 p.m.
before the Alpinee group
found Redding sitting near
a branch of Dog River, deep
in the woods that borders
the new Highway 35 stretch
from Mt. Hood Post Office to
Polallie Creek.
“I need a bath and
some rest, I’ll be OK,” was
Redding’s answer to the
Sheriff’s urging that he go
to Hood River Hospital for a
checkup.
Sheriff Gillmouthe said
the man’s soaked and shiv-
ering condition indicated
danger of pneumonia or
exposure reaction, to the
rescue team. But Redding,
according to Gillmouthe,
Fourth of July Parade, Stevenson, Wash., 1912. Driver: Stanley Huston, father of Amy Huston Obrist and Ella Huston Hovey, The Dalles.
Driver: Ed Miller. (Submitted by Ella H. Hovey) for a 1961 historical photo section, The Dalles Daily Chronicle, published in October.
YESTERYEARS
1921 — 100 years ago
A number of Hood River
and Mosier residents were
on hand on Wednesday af-
ternoon, when the A.D. Kern
Co. laid the last truckload of
hot stuff on the highway east
of this city and put the fin-
ishing link in between Hood
River and Mosier, which are
now only six smooth miles
apart. This does away with
the old Mosier hill which, for
fully six long months of the
year, was almost impassable
to motor vehicles. — Hood
River News
A special train arrived
from Portland last night with
railroad officials and was
side tracked in the block
east of the depot near the
Umatilla house when the
shooting began. A Buckley,
superintendent, and J.F.
Corbett, assistant superin-
tendent were sitting on a
baggage truck, according to
their story. When the bullets
began to whiz in their direc-
tion, they decided it was time
to hunt cover. Corbett is not
a small man and Buckley will
tip the scales at about 275
pounds. They tried hiding
under the truck and behind
telephone poles, which was
not at all satisfactory, the
telephone pole especially
being too narrow for a man
of Buckley’s dimensions. He
then ran for the depot. Their
car was reported by specta-
tors to have been perforated
by shots. — The Dalles Daily
Chronicle
1941 — 80 years ago
The great importance
of the coming annual Red
Cross Roll Call in Hood
River County was stressed
by Mrs. Margaret Barmejo,
field secretary of the Red
Cross of the State of Oregon,
at a meting of leaders of the
local chapter, held at Library
Hall Monday evening of
this week, with Max Taylor,
president of the chapter, pre-
siding. Mrs. Barmejo urged
all present to put forth every
effort to increase member-
ship in the local chapter. —
Hood River News
Officers and members of
the 83rd company, United
States army, scheduled
to bivouac in The Dalles
Wednesday night en route
from the Aberdeen prov-
ing grounds, Md., to Fort
Lewis, Wash., will be fittingly
entertained by local public
officials and organiza-
tions, according to plans
announced here today by
H.A. Vind, chairman of the
forum and conventions
committee of the Chamber
of Commerce. — The Dalles
Daily Chronicle
just completed a radio “quick
call” installation that ties
it in with the City of Hood
River’s “quick call” system.”
Residents of the West Side
district should dial “O,” tell
the operator of their emer-
gency and declare that they
are residents of the West Side
district. — Hood River News
School boards and admin-
istrators in the five north-
ern Wasco County school
districts will name com-
mitteemen to study three
school merger proposals
as the result of a meeting at
Chenowith school Thursday
evening. — The Dalles Daily
Chronicle
1981 — 40 years ago
A poor cherry crop and
a handcuffed construction
market are to blame for
increased unemployment
in Wasco and Hood River
counties, according to a
State of Oregon bulletin.
Unemployment in Hood
River County jumped 5.3%
in August to 17.1%, almost
10 times higher than the
national average. The August
unemployment figure in
Wasco County was up 1.7%
to 6.9%. Both were said to be
coming back down with the
brine cherry, pear and apple
harvests well underway. —
Hood River News
A local hunter, who was
reported missing Monday
morning, is hospitalized for
treatment of injuries he re-
ceived when his pickup went
over an embankment in the
Bigelow Canyon area near
Rufus. The driver said the
brakes on his vehicle failed
while he was headed down
a hill in the canyon, and it
went over a 50-foot bank. —
The Dalles Daily Chronicle
2001 — 20 years ago
Ralph Kirby and Allen
Moore, both lifetime res-
idents of the Hood River
Valley, will be honored as
2001 Diamond Pioneers by
the Oregon State University
College of Agricultural
Sciences on Thursday in
Corvallis. The two men
will be recognized for their
lifetime contributions to agri-
culture, natural resources,
OSU and their communities.
— Hood River News
MAUPIN — After a
spring and summer chasing
salmon with a boat, Harold
Blackwolf savored fishing
the way his ancestors did.
Tying a rope around his
waist, he stepped to the edge
of a wooden platform and
swung a net affixed to a 15-
foot pole into the churning
waters of Sherars Falls on the
Deschutes River, hauling up
a thrashing Chinook. The joy
Blackwolf felt providing from
1961 — 60 years ago
West Side Fire District res- the Confederated Tribes of
Warm Springs was shared
idents should now call their
telephone operator to trigger by sports fishermen, as well.
The 3 million salmon and
a fire call in that area, says
Fire Chief Bob Nicholson. He steelhead that came back
said the West Side district has to the Columbia River this
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was anxious to get back to
his home at the Lew Merz
ranch.
“My wife is going to kill
me when I get home,” he
managed to grin. Mrs.
Redding had been gone
from the Parkdale home
that day and did not know
her husband was on the
late-evening hunting trip,
said Gillmouthe.
Of the rescue, Gillmouthe
said it came “just in time.”
“He was down when we
found him, if he’d spent all
night out there, I doubt he
could have stood the cold at
that age — he was soaking
wet.”
Redding had apparently
stumbled into the creek sev-
eral times in his attempt to
locate his position. He was
to have met hunting partner
Stanley Miller at the Dog
Creek Bridge on Highway 35
at 6 p.m.
Contact was made when
the weary hunter, who’d
skinned his ankle and leg
sliding down a bank to the
creek, spotted two rescuers’
flashlights and called them.
The rescue party got aid,
then carried Redding to the
road.
— Oct. 19, 1961,
Hood River News
Bartletts Bring Very
Good Prices
With pools on Bartlett
pears now closed in the
Apple Growers Association,
growers and the sales man-
ager, P.F. Clarke, are to be
congratulated on the high
prices which have been se-
cured for this variety of pear.
The association shipped
14,000 boxes and the follow-
ing prices were received, net
Machine Operators — Chronicle typesetters include (clockwise)
Bernice Pattee, Rolf Johnson, Bert Westlund and Dan Head. Five
multi-magazine Intertype machines are employed in the produc-
tion of the daily issue. — Oct. 20, 1961, The Dalles Daily Chronicle
year represent the strongest
run since 1938. — The Dalles
Daily Chronicle
Escorted by a police car
and a fire truck with lights
flashing, a team of two mar-
athon runners on their way
to New York City jogged into
White Salmon last Friday
and paused to honor local
firefighters. The event, called
“The Promise Run,” started in
Astoria at 9 a.m. on Oct. 11 —
one month after the terrorist
attacks on the East Coast.
Before it is finished, the team
of Nike runners will have
covered 3,431 miles. The run
across American is being
sponsored by Nike, Inc.
as a way to raise money to
benefit the 9/11 Firefighters
Foundation and its law
to the Association:
Fancy, 165 and larger,
$2.48; small $2.28. C grade,
165 and larger, $1.95; small
$1.75. Deduct charges of
17-cents for the net grower.
Of the total shipments,
12,000 averaged $2.48.
— Oct. 21, 1921, Hood
River News
GLOBAL HEADLINES
1921
Communist Plot To Free Alleged Murderers Found
Stockyards Brought Under Federal Control
Fatty Not To Face Liquor Charge Now
enforcement counterpart.
When the group got to White
Salmon, a welcoming com-
mittee comprising mem-
bers of the White Salmon
Volunteer Fire Department
and the Bingen-White
Salmon Police Department
and emergency personnel
from Skyline Hospital were
there to greet the Nike team.
Nike donated bags filled with
Nike sporting goods to be
raffled off in support of the
first responders, and in turn,
the Nike representatives
received a shoulder patch
from the B-WSPD. “The team
was very honored,” said Tom
Smith of White Salmon Fire.
“We all thought it was a real
neat thing.” —White Salmon
Enterprise
1941
Moscow Civilians Rallying To City’s Defense
Hitler Throwing Reserves, Planes Into Struggle
Japan Still Has Hope For Peace, Premier Asserts
1961
Union President Found Shot to Death in Car
GOP National Chairman Sees Big Things for Gov.
Hatfield
Man Saves Driver From Fiery Death
1981
Vets Who Assume Loan Due Equal Treatment
NATO Officials Split Over Anti-Nuke Movement
Mayor Appoints Committee For Hydro Projects
2001
Bush enjoys high approval rate
Social Security gets boost
Special forces now in Afghanistan
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