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A6 News wallowa.com February 25, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain Ten members of bomber crew perish 100 YEARS AGO Feb. 25, 1915 Seldon E. Carnahan, who came to Enterprise on Mon- day to take the position of bookkeeper with the E. M. & M. Co., died suddenly yester- day noon after taking a pow- erful poison. A card was found in his pocket on which, in Mr. Carnahan’s handwriting were these words: “Am a nervous wreck and going insane, so have poisoned myself. Seldon E. Carnahan. Notify Mr. Hy- att at Enterprise M. & M.” No other explanation of the man’s act has been forthcoming. He had been in poor health, his wife said, but there was no intimation of a condition seri- ous or threatening enough to prompt suicide. Several bills affecting Wallowa county were passed by the legislature which ad- journed Sunday morning. That which has aroused the greatest interest is the bill giving Wallowa county its own Circuit court and judge. This was passed in the closing hours of the legislative ses- sion. Testimony was taken last week before Miss Edith Odle in the suit brought by the D. & M. Sheep and Land compa- ny to prevent the collection of special school taxes levied by districts 15 and 71. The plain- tiff seeks to restrain the two school districts, the county treasurer and the sheriff from OUT OF THE PAST Compiled by Rob Ruth proceeding with the tax col- lection. ... The efforts of the plaintiff, ... were directed to seeking to show that legal no- tice of the meetings when the taxes were voted had not been duly posted, also that all who voted were not legally quali- ¿HGWRGRVR 70 YEARS AGO Feb. 22, 1945 The B-24 bomber from the Walla Walla base which was reported down somewhere in the Troy area on Monday of last week, Feb. 12, was found Saturday about noon by Lun- dy Wood of Eden. Ten bod- ies were recovered from the wreckage. Two other members of the crew, Cpl. Walter R. Burnside, Bordon. NSW, Aus- tralia, and First Lt. Richard D. Fies, parachuted to safety and were unhurt. The wrecked plane was found near the head of Elbow creek canyon about three or three and a half miles southwest of the Long Mead- ow guard station, approxi- mately 15 miles west of Troy. ... It has not been established here just what happened to the plane to cause the crash. (Delayed military an- nouncement): As a member of the famed 11th heavy bom- This classic photo of oldtime prominent stockman J.H. Dobbin was taken on the lawn of his home in 1950 when he was 81 years old. A label on the back identified him as a man who “devoted a lifetime to the livestock industry of Oregon, mainly sheep, now cattle.” In 1958, he was selected as National Father of the Year, winning a trip to Oklahoma City to attend the American National Cattlemen’s Convention. He was the only Wallowa County resident ever to win the National Father of the Year title. Chieftain archives bardment group of the 7th AAF Sgt. Dan A. DeBoie, Joseph, has been commend- ed by Major Gen. Robert W. Douglass Jr., commanding the 7th AAF, for his part “in the campaigns which have taken a large section of the Pacif- ic from the enemy’s hands.” Based where its B-24 Liber- ators bomb, strafe and harass the enemy at points within 600 miles of the Japanese mainland, the 11th group has participated in almost every major move of the great of- fensive that has rolled the Jap- anese back more than 3,000 miles to their front yard. 50 YEARS AGO Feb. 25, 1965 Wallowa county roads suffered damage amounting Look for the SPRING SPORTS CALENDAR in next week’s Chieftain! T HE B OOKLOFT AND S KYLIGHT G ALLERY Finding books is our specialty 541.426.3351 • 107 E. Main • Enterprise • www.bookloftoregon.com to approximately $150,000 in the December and January ÀRRGVDFFRUGLQJWRHVWLPDWHV made by Verne Russell, coun- ty engineer. Applications have been made for $28,937 LQIHGHUDOÀRRGGLVDVWHUURDG money, and it is expected that this money will be received. However, the county will not have the funds to proceed at once with a complete road reconstruction program, Rus- sell states. Most of the dam- age was in the Troy area. Kerry Searles, Enterprise FFA Chapter member, was announced this week as a recipient of the State Farmer degree. This is the highest degree obtainable at the state level and is available to not more than two percent of the FFA members in the state. Ron Pierce, Enterprise high school sophomore, was promoted to the rank of Eagle Scout at the court of honor held in Joseph on Wednesday, February 17. He is the second will be in place sometime in April, according to Bruce McMillan, Forest Service VWDII SODQQLQJ RI¿FHU ³7KH only thing holding us up is we have not received Gov. Goldschmidt’s alternative for the Wallowa-Whitman,” 25 YEARS AGO said McMillan, who for the Feb. 22, 1990 past 10 years has been in With the idea that excel- charge of developing the for- OHQFH LQ HGXFDWLRQ EHQH¿WV est plan. The Forest Service everyone, a county-wide has prepared 11 alternative group calling itself Citizens management plans that range for Quality Education is from those which emphasize launching a public informa- timber harvesting to others tion campaign to promote which encourage preserva- the passage of an Education tion of valued amenities such Service District (ESD) equal- DV ¿VK ZLOGOLIH DQG UHFUH- ization levy of $296,044 for ation. ¿VFDO 7KH PHDVXUH PHOTO CAPTION: Over will be decided by the March 100 residents of Wallowa 27 mail-in ballot, which is County gathered at Riverside due to be sent out to all reg- Park in Yuma, Arizona Jan. istered county voters from the 27 for the 14th annual Wal- FRXQW\FOHUN¶VRI¿FH0DUFK lowa County picnic. A large A management plan that contingent of local area res- will govern all activity on the idents spend their winters in Wallowa-Whitman Nation- sunny Arizona and look for- al Forest through the 1990s ward to this event. Scout of the Enterprise troop to receive this award in re- cent weeks. Also awarded to Pierce at the ceremony were merit badges in scholarship, pets and cycling. Church Directory Forecast Summit Church Gospel Centered Community Service time: 10:30 am Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise Pastor Mark Garland www.summitchurchoregon.org Joseph United Methodist Church ACROSS 1. Printing speed measurement 4. Fed 7. A domed or vaulted recess 11. Macaws 12. Neck garment 14. A billionth of an ohm 15. Local area network 16. Cleve. basketball hero 18. Wounded & disfigured 20. Civil Rights group 21. Master of ceremonies 22. Smallest artery branches 26. Ref 27. Exist 28. Diagram of earth's surface 29. SE Asian sarsaparilla soft drink 31. Fire remains 35. 3rd tone 36. Before 37. It breaks down lactose 39. A waterproof raincoat 40. Atomic #18 41. NW Canadian territory 42. Hindquarters 44. Follows sigma 46. Rural delivery 47. Point that is one point N of due E 48. Excels 53. Berkus and Silver 56. Famous for fables 57. Philippine capital 58. Meg Ryan's ex-husband 62. Doleful 63. Arugula genus 64. Nursery verse 65. The 7th Greek letter 66. Container for shipping 67. Charge for services 68. Immature onion plant DOWN 1. Swedish statesman Olaf 2. Baltic flat-bottomed boat (alt. sp.) 3. Fingernail treatment 4. Breezed through 5. Check 6. Stray 7. Ancient computing devices 8. Something cheerleaders wave 9. The woman 10. Ambulance rescue initials 12. In a drowsy manner 13. A set of type of one style 14. Not completely closed 17. No (Scottish) 19. Microelectromechanical system 22. Having the wind against the forward side 23. Reestablish 24. Khloe K's former husband 25.Verse forms 29. Places to sit 30. Chilean pianist Claudio 32. Rounds of poker 33. Spanish be 34. Sing and play for somebody 38. Chemical symbol for gold 39. Praying insects 43. Israeli politician Abba 45. 7th planet from the sun 49. Br. plural of a penny 50. Largest continent 51. Distress signal 52. Senate and People of Rome 54. Fill with high spirits 55. Egyptian statesman Anwar 57. Non-verbal entertainer 58. 12th calendar month (abbr.) 59. A major division of geological time 60. Ultrahigh frequency 61. Yes vote 3rd & Lake St. • Joseph Pastor Kaye Garver Phone: 541-432-3102 Sunday Worship Services 8:30 & 11:00 am Child care provided at 8:30 am service Faith Lutheran Church 409 W. Main Enterprise, Oregon Worship 2 nd & 4 th Sundays - 2 pm Bible Study Tuesdays before the 2 nd & 4 th Sundays at 11 am LCMS (Lutheran Church Missouri Synod) Christ Covenant Church Pastor Terry Tollefson Church Office: 541-426-0301 Family Prayer: 9:30am Sunday School: 10:00am Worship Service: 11 am 723 College Street • Lostine Providence Academy Enterprise Community Enterprise Community Church Church Congregational 11:00am Group Worship & Discussion 9:30 AM Worship Service 11:00 Children’s S.S. AM 10:00am Choir 9:30am Adult Education 541.398.0597 Childrens program during service Blog: dancingforth.blogspot.com Lostine On the Hwy web 82, at lostinepc.org Stephen Kliewer, Minister Wallowa Assembly of God 606 West Hwy 82 Wallowa, Oregon 541-886-8445 Sunday School • 9:30 Worship Service • 10:45 Pastor Tim Barton wallowaassemblyofgod.com 301 NE 1St St * 541-426-3044 BigBrownChurch.org Worship at 11:00 301 N. Study E. First Bible at Street 9:30 Enterprise the “Big Brown Church” Sunday Worship 11A.M. with the Open Door (541) 426-3044 Pastor Joseph Donald Newcomer, L. McBride Pastor 541-263-0695 541-263-5319 305 Wagner (near the Cemetery) P.O. Box N, Enterprise, OR 97828 541-426-3751 Church 541-426-8339 School Sabbath School 9:30 - 10:45 a.m. Worship Hour 11:00 a.m. - Noon Pastor Jonathan DeWeber Pastor Steve Gilmore lends hope for better snowpack In a year when snowpack levels throughout Oregon are near an all-time low, Wallowa County’s subpar levels are ex- pected to experience a boost the next four days (Wednes- day through Saturday) when snowfall is being predicted here by the National Weather Service. A new snowpack report will be released in about one week by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Ser- vice and subsequent indica- tions beyond that agency’s Feb. 1 report are that levels at nearby Snotel sites on Mt. Howard (7,910 feet) and An- eroid Lake (7,400 feet) have improved somewhat. Since Feb. 1 when the NRCS reported that average snowpack levels at the four Imnaha Basin Snotel sites were 77 percent of normal and WKH ¿YH VLWHV LQ WKH :DOORZD Basin 75 percent of normal, the snow depth at Mt. How- ard has increased 11 inches to a 37-inch depth and An- eroid Lake’s snow depth has increased 12 inches to a total depth of 42 inches. %RWKVLWHVUHFHLYHGVLJQL¿- cantly more snowfall during high mountain snows that ar- rived Sunday, Feb. 22. In contrast to snowpack numbers, overall precipitation numbers throughout the state of Oregon since the water year began Oct. 1 are near average. This, however, can generate a false sense of security because snowpack, and not overall pre- cipitation, is the key factor in ODWHVHDVRQVWUHDPÀRZV