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October 21, 2015
Wallowa County Chieftain
First-ever Unsung hero award presented
100 YEARS AGO
October 21, 1915
OUT OF THE PAST
The contract for later-
al sewers in Enterprise was
awarded Wednesday after-
noon by the city council to
James Kennedy, a contrac-
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Salt Lake City and Fargo,
North Dakota. His bid was
$18,652.60 for the 25,600 feet
of laterals, and was the lowest
of the seven submitted.
Construction work on Ross
R. Falconer’s new brick build-
ing for his feed, fuel and stor-
age business was begun the
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has the contract and Enterprise
brick will be used. The present
product of the local brickyard
is considered of as good quali-
ty as can be found in the west.
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begun early with the large
orchestra he expects to train
this season. He expects to
have about twenty musicians
in the organization, and will
give concerts later in Enter-
prise and in other towns in
Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins
25 YEARS AGO
October 18, 1990
the county. Mr. Henry has ar-
ranged to give music lessons
in Joseph in a few days.
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been installed on W. F. Craig’s
dairy farm just out of town.
This will milk the cows much
quicker than the old hand
methods, thus enabling Mr.
Craig to devote more time to
his automobile.
70 YEARS AGO
October 18, 1945
Wallowa County’s War
Fund drive has bogged down
with less than half of the quo-
ta raised after more than two
weeks of campaigning and
soliciting, according to C.
H. Zurcher, chairman of the
drive. Only $2,100 has been
turned in on the county’s quo-
ta of $5,200.
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Hollywood, Walter Brennan’s
Enterprise boys basketball team, circa unknown.
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reers. They’ll manage their
pop’s 12,000-acre ranch near
here when they return from
the service.
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atre in Enterprise: “Tarzan
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From the school directory
for Wallowa county for 1945-
46, we learn that there are
41 organized schools in the
county, 15 of which are sus-
pended and send their pupils
(if any) to other districts. 71
teachers are employed in the
26 districts, of which 21 are in
the high school and 50 in the
grades.
50 YEARS AGO
October 21, 1965
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of a new grocery store in En-
terprise were announced this
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na. The store will be located
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of Hurricane Creek highway
on the property where Leon-
ard Brooks home is located.
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the Wallowa County Shrine
Club will depart early to-
morrow morning with the
annual Shrine caravan. The
caravan climaxes the 11th
annual drive for food for the
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The group will leave here
with 15 pickups laden with
10 tons of food valued at ap-
proximately $3,000.
Four Enterprise graduates
have been chosen to play in
Members of the Wallowa
County Junior Women’s Club
are gearing up for the ‘50s-‘60s
Bash Saturday at Cloverleaf
Hall. Now in its third year,
the event is expected to at-
tract hundreds of participants,
including musicians, lip sync
artists, and dancers.
Record or near-record at-
tendance marked the 1990
annual awards banquet of
the Wallowa County Cham-
ber of Commerce. Chamber
board member Frances Crow
presented the “retailer of the
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Zollman of Joseph, proprietors
of Bud’s Hardware. Dave
Shriner presented the tim-
ber leader award to Howard
Chieftain archives
Johnson of Wallowa. The ag
leader award was presented to
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are: Dan Hays, a sophomore; was named as the recipient
Steve Barber and Jim Clegg, of the chamber’s civic leader
freshmen; and Jerry White award. The outstanding edu-
of Sweet Home, formerly FDWRUDZDUGZDVJLYHQWR*DLO
of Enterprise. Sam Morgan, 6ZDUW$QHZDZDUGSUHVHQWHG
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been chosen to sing in the by chamber president Cassie
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college choir.
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ling of Enterprise. During winner this week with four
the day of signing up for misses. She tied with Jonas
the program, a steady string Skelton and Chris Uchison,
of people showed up at the and won on the point spread.
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Cloverleaf hall in Enterprise
to get information on the column: From October 2 to
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a long day the program had tients treated in the Wallowa
been explained to about 60 Memorial Hospital’s emergen-
cy room.
people.
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11. Foots
13. Veggie toy
17. Overdose
18. US, Latin America, Canada belong to
19. So. Am. plain (Span.)
20. Point midway between N and NE
21. Single
22. Inactive
23. Mother of Hermes
24. Gives a new meaning
28. Silent players
29. One who adds Cluny trim
30. Men or boys
31. God of War
32. Self-immolation by fire ritual
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37. Cannabis
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47. World's oldest news gathering organi-
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54. Medical antiseptic & dye
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56. Loses heat
1. No longer practicing
2. Military mailbox
3. Cowboy Carson
4. 7th Greek letter
5. Nautical ladder rungs
6. Hmong
7. Fellow
8. Maltese pound
9. Coal blacks
10. Japan Airlines bird
12. Different concepts
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14. Elder
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16. Point midway between NE and E
20. Moniker
23. Environment
25. Fills with joy
26. Transportation charges
27. Frosts
28. Counterpart
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32. Grimly humorous
33. A dog's front foot
34. Mures River city
35. Steam bath
36. South African Music Awards
37. Sound made by a cat
38. Clothing protectors
39. Wife of Amphion
40. God of fire (Hindu)
42. Favorite weekday (abbr.)
45. Japanese sashes
48. Klutz
49. "__ Koo," Debbie Harry debut album
50. Tokyo
51. Hardly any
53. Cathode
But a local investment
group, Lake Wallowa Lodge
LLC, of which the Bridges
are members, came up with a
down-payment that took the
historic lodge off the auction
block for a brief window of
time. They got off to a good
start, raising the $250,000
down payment in 10 days.
The balance, however, is a
bigger number. In the next two
months the newly formed LLC
must come up with $2.25 mil-
lion to purchase the lodge from
the current owners and prevent
it from falling into the hands
of developers. The zoning on
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development - something the
LLC intends to prevent.
“We’re working on raising
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Monteith, managing member
of the LLC. “We’ll announce
where we are at the end of the
month and we’ll have prospec-
tus available the end of this
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In just over two months
time the LLC has assembled a
steering committee, an events
committee, hired a profession-
al campaign director (Heath-
er Longhorst of Effect Your
Cause.com), hired a caterer
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Joseph), and is establishing a
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This is not an investment
for knee-jerk reactionaries
from any group. These are
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thinkers; individuals com-
fortable with a holistic view.
What makes this group unique
is investors are both serious
about their personal goals and
open about the combination
of ecological preservation and
economic development. They
expect to preserve, and to see
their investment give them a
return on their dollar, and do a
number of other things for the
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“I’m interested in preserving
special places in Oregon – and
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Oregon. “But I wouldn’t get
into this if I thought I was los-
ing money. I also believe that
by providing the right context
for the area it allows other busi-
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The LLC is hosting nu-
merous meetings and social
occasions to familiarize area
residents with the plans and
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ed Wild Harvest Dinner was
held Oct. 17 and a Hallow-
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most Thanksgiving Dinner,
Nov. 14 and a Winter Tradi-
tions Solstice Dinner, Dec. 19
will allow interested parties to
socialize, dine on locally har-
vested foods, and learn more
about the chance to own part
of a legend.
For more information or
to order tickets to any event
visit lakewallowalodge.com.
To inquire about investing or
volunteer to assist in fundrais-
ing, call James Monteith at
541-432-3044.