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August 10, 2016
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Fair’s Sheep Dog Trials draw 46 entries
OUT OF THE PAST
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100 YEARS AGO
Aug. 10, 1916
• The largest farm sale ever
made in the county was con-
summated this morning when
a contract was signed for the
purchase by J.N. Roberts of
C.P. Ragsdale’s 942-acre Prairie
Creek Ranch. It was bought by
Mr. Ragsdale several years ago
for $38,000. It is understood the
selling price is more than double
that igure.
• The sewer work (in Enter-
prise) will be inished in a few
days, but it will be months yet
before the streets can be put back
in good condition. So many
ditches are being dug through
the streets for new connections
that it is impossible to keep the
roadway anything like smooth.
However this is the penalty of
growth.
• The new Catholic Church
at Three Lakes burned down just
before daylight Saturday morn-
ing. It was insured for $1,000,
only part of its cost. First mass
was to have been held in the
church on Sunday. Rev. Father
Smith came from Wallowa to
conduct the services, and held
them at the home of Frank
Sprute, where the members de-
Chieftain archives
An early fair exhibit, but which fair?
cided to rebuild at once.
• Howard W. Shutt sold the
Lostine Reporter last week to
James W. Boyd, a new comer
from the central states.
• Mrs. M.F. Mahony is
driving a new three passenger
Studebaker runabout, a 6-cylin-
der, 50-horsepower car, bought
of Rodgers Brothers. She has
mastered the machine so that
she can handle it with some con-
idence already, and is planning
a long trip in it next season.
a short time and soon had the
blaze under control. About 30
men gathered and decided to put
on a new roof. They completed
it in a few hours.
• The Stitch and Chatter club
met with Mrs. B. Kooch last
week for an afternoon meeting,
with 16 members and 7 visitors
present. It was voted to send
towels, tea towels and pillow-
cases to the Wendell Burleigh
family, who lost their home and
contents recently.
• To McCoy Brothers of the
Leap country goes the distinc-
tion of bringing the irst load of
wheat of the season to the Grain
Growers warehouse. Donald
Kooch and Ernest H. Miller also
brought in wheat that day, but a
little later.
• Approximately 225 4-H
club exhibits will be entered at
the county junior fair to be held
August 23. The 49 livestock
projects will include 21 dairy, 18
beef, 3 swine and 7 sheep. The
economics division will consist
of 6 bachelor sewing, 14 camp
cookery, 1 canning I, 3 canning
II, 37 clothing 1A, 23 clothing
1B, 11 clothing II, 6 clothing
III and 9 clothing IV. Miscella-
neous project exhibits include 2
gardening and 22 health.
50 YEARS AGO
Aug. 11, 1966
• Photo caption: Harvest of
the Wallowa County pea crop
got underway on Monday with
the processing of 93 acres at
the Dwain Hatch place south of
Enterprise. This year’s pea crop
of about 450 acres is under con-
tract to Lamb-Weston company
of Weston.
• The 4-H style revue was
held at the Cloverleaf hall on
Tuesday evening. Winning the
top honors in the revue were
Rhonda Kiser, grand champion
in the knitting division with the
reserve grand champion hon-
or going to Joan Kennedy. In
the clothing division the grand
champion was Karen Freels and
reserve champion was Kathleen
Wolfe.
25 YEARS AGO
Aug. 15, 1991
• Melvin and Joan Lath-
rop of Lostine were presented
with the Volunteer of the Year
award by the Wallowa Coun-
ty Pomona Grange at the fair
Monday afternoon.
• Photo caption: Don’s
Food Store had a changing
of the guard this month when
the business was sold by long-
time owner Don Conner. The
Wallowa grocery store was
purchased by Mike and Becky
Goss.
• There were 46 entries
from three states in the 4th
annual Sheep Dog Trials at
the Wallowa County Fair last
weekend, compared to 26 a
year ago. A total of four Wal-
lowa County dogs competed
in the show, with Juanita Wa-
ters’ Cotton and Dave Parker’s
Frosty making the best local
showing. Dave Yost with Pete,
and Mark Butterield with An-
nie also competed in cow pen-
ning.
• Photo caption: Amber
Follett, champion horse show-
man in the Intermediate divi-
sion, also received the grand
champion showmanship rib-
bon in last week’s 4-H Horse
Show.
70 YEARS AGO
Aug. 15, 1946
• The question of whether
Wallowa county should build
and operate a new hospital at a
cost of not to exceed $100,000
will be placed before the voters
in the November election.
• News from Paradise: Last
Thursday afternoon Bernice
Shelton’s house caught ire.
A number of men got there in
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