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A6 News wallowa.com September 16, 2015 Wallowa County Chieftain 7ZRGLHLQ¿UHDW%R\6FRXW&DPS 100 YEARS AGO Sept. 16, 1915 Construction work on the new Record Chieftain build- ing started this week. Changes have been made in the plans, and the building will be of na- tive stone, much the same as in the courthouse, Litch building, and others of the best buildings in the town. It will have a front of 50 feet and a depth of 80 feet, with basement under part, and heavy concrete Àoor under the other half. The assessment roll for the lateral sewer system was ¿led last Saturday with City Record- er Savage. It was prepared by City Engineer E. M. Billings, as commissioner, and passed on by C. E. Funk and S. L. Burnaugh Jr., as viewers. Mr. Savage and Attorney T. M. Dill prepared, from the roll, notices to all property owners, show- ing the assessment of each, and notifying them that the council will meet Wednesday evening, Sept. 22, as a board of equal- ization to hear any protests and correct any errors. Mar- shal Clark served these notices to resident property owners, and nonresidents were served through the mail. The city further noti¿ed all interested through the columns of this pa- per in this issue. With thousands of acres of hill land northeast of Enterprise raising grain for the ¿rst time, and yielding immense crops at that, the problem of threshing it has become very serious. One can ride for miles past ¿elds where the grain stands thick in the shock, and no threshing machine is near. The farmers, OUT OF THE PAST Compiled by Elliott Seyler many homesteaders, have put their year’s work and money into their crops, and it is of vital importance to them to save it and get it so it can be marketed. 70 YEARS AGO Sept. 13, 1945 Last Thursday was a happy one for the J. Dee Walker fam- ily, for on that day they learned of the release from a Japanese prison camp of their son, Keith. The ¿rst word came early in the morning from their daughter- in-law, Keith’s wife, who called up from La Grande to say that A. K. Parker had called and told her of the article appear- ing in the Oregonian that day: “Yokahama, Sept. 5 (AP) Two more Oregonians held prison- er by the Japanese have been liberated here. They are Chief Radioman J. R. Young, Cottage Grove, and Albert K. Walker, Enterprise.” Fire from a Àue which was burning out destroyed the bun- galow home on the Fred Wag- ner farm on Swamp creek Sat- Time for a Computer Tuneup? Spyware Removal & More 541-426-0108 110 W. Main Enterprise urday about noon. The house with all its contents, and two smaller outbuildings went up in smoke. It was occupied by Mr. Wagner’s brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Green, and four small boys. Mrs. Green was alone at the time. After seeing that her little family was safe she managed to get out some household articles, but they were placed too close to the burning building and a strong wind carried the Àames to the furniture Mrs. Green had worked so hard to save. 50 YEARS AGO Sept. 16, 1965 The ¿nal scheduled outing at Camp Wallowa Boy Scout camp for the season ended in tragedy Sunday morning only hours before the planned clos- ing of the camp for the sum- mer. Early Sunday morning the dining hall at the Scout camp burned to the ground claiming the lives of two of the occupants of the building. Claimed in the ¿re were 9erne Harvey, troop committee- man, 1407 Perkins, Richland, Washington and Steven Willi, 14-year-old Eagle Scout, 82 Park street, Richland, Wash- ington. Wallowa county indus- try took a big step ahead this week with the announcement by Wes Cruikshank and Bruce Douglas that the vast depos- it of peat humus which was discovered on the Cruikshank farm south of Enterprise will be developed into a commer- cial concern. The announce- ment came as the conclusion to several weeks of testing of the deposit and re¿ning pro- cedures. Enterprise and Wallowa county will be honored by a visit this weekend from Ad- miral John (Chick) Hayward, commander of the Paci¿c anti-submarine patrol. The visit to this area is something which the Admiral has looked forward to since 1962 when the city of Enterprise present- ed the nuclear aircraft carri- er, USS Enterprise, with two wall murals depicting scenes of this area. The pictures giv- en to the carrier were painted by Gene Hayes and sent with the compliments of the city of Enterprise under the adminis- tration of S. J. Farris. 25 YEARS AGO Sept. 13, 1990 Last week a Marion Cir- cuit Court Judge turned down a motion by Wallowa Coun- ty District Attorney William Reynolds to have himself declared winner of the May primary election for Wallowa County District Attorney. A professional forester who spends a good portion of his free time improving his property to timber, wildlife and other values is Wallowa County Small Woodlands Association’s “Tree Farmer of the Year.” Larry Aschen- brenner, 43, who is employed as a Forest Service logging/ transportation planner and who owns a 120-acre tree farm near Ferguson Ridge, has been singled out by his peers for good land steward- ship over the past nine years. Family and friends of Ka- tie Bothum, the 14-year-old seriously injured at Mule Days Sunday, have set up a fund in her name to accept do- nations for trauma care equip- ment/training at Wallowa Me- morial Hospital. The fund has been established in gratitude for the expertise of Dr. Scott Siebe and the WMH emergen- cy staff, credited with saving Katie’s life. In lieu of Àowers, those who wish to help are asked to send donations to the Katie Bothum Hospital Fund, c/o Bank of Wallowa County, Joseph. &<&/(1HZURXWHDYRLGV¿UH Continued from Page A1 “The impact on the 9il- lage at the Lake is a lot, that’s all I’ve got to say,” said Mi- chael Lockhart, owner of the Wallowa Lake Tramway and president of the local busi- ness association. “We were expecting about 1,000 riders. Last time they came here we had 1,200 riders that day. We had an entertainment garden planned to raise money for the Wallowa Lake Tourism Committee in the Edelweiss Church Directory St. Katherine's Catholic Church Summit Church Fr. Roger Fernando 301 E. Garfield Enterprise Mass Schedule Weekdays 7:15am Saturdays 5:30pm Sundays 10:30am (541)426-4008 stkatherineenterprise.org St. Pius X Wallowa Sundays 8:00am All are welcome Gospel Centered Community Service time: 10:30 am Cloverleaf Hall in Enterprise Pastor Mark Garland www.summitchurchoregon.org Joseph United Methodist Church 3rd & Lake St. • Joseph Pastor Cherie Johnson 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: 9am Worship Service: 10am 723 College Street • Lostine Providence Academy Enterprise Community Enterprise Community Congregational Congregational Church Church 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 United Church of Christ Worship at 11:00 The Big Brown Church Bible Worship Study at 9:30 Sunday 11A.M. 301 N. Brown E. First Church” Street the “Big Enterprise with the Open Door (541) 426-3044 Pastor Donald L. McBride Pastor Joseph Newcomer, Pastor Don McBride 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 (Inn) area and obviously that’s canceled. The Tram- way is always a big attrac- tion, too. If you go down through the list, it’s not just the companies themselves that lose, it’s the waitresses and the extra labor we would have hired on, so it gets down to the little people, too.” The Lions Club had also planned a big salmon feed in Joseph, which was canceled. “We’ve been scrambling to decide what to do and we decided to cancel it,” said Lions Club president Jerry Hustafa. “Joe McCormick (who was supplying the salmon) will sell most of the ¿sh and we’ve decided to have a salmon barbecue and potluck at the workday up at Ferguson Ridge Ski Area on Sunday afternoon. Anybody who shows up to work can have some of that.” Terminal Gravity (TG) in Enterprise was expecting a large crowd as well. “We planned for it, obvi- ously,” said TG Marketing Manager Kevin Harlander, “It’s not going to break the bank, but we’ve purchased merchandise and invested in more employees to help pour beer and Àip burgers. It’s re- ally a hard thing because we really look forward to show- ing off the pub to visitors. But our concern is really with the folks affected by the ¿re.” TG owner Ed Millar was philosophical. “We will have a normal day instead of a huge day selling food,” he said. &+,()6 Candidates to visit town Continued from Page A1 The councilors and com- mittee will now develop an interview script and select a three-day time period the last week of September or the ¿rst week of October when the candidates will be inter- viewed by a panel. The candidates have been asked to plan to spend all three days of the interview time-period in Wallowa County to familiarize them- selves with the people and the area. Police Chief Brian Harvey of La Grande has offered to assist in the interview pro- cess depending on availabil- ity. Harvey was one of three police chiefs who made up the original review task force from the Oregon Association Chiefs of Police (OACP). The OACP task force was called in to review the histo- ry and structure of the Enter- prise Police Department af- ter former Enterprise Police Chief Wes Kilgore resigned.