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A8 News wallowa.com March 22, 2017 Wallowa County Chieftain Bills would ease new dwellings on farmland County Rod & Gun Club formed OUT OF THE PAST Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins 100 YEARS AGO March 22, 1917 By Mateusz Perkowski To help protect the fi sh in the streams and lakes, the Wallowa County Rod & Gun Club was organized last week at Enterprise. There is a long list of applicants for member- ship. Shortage of feed for stock, thought impossible at the be- ginning of winter, and regard- ed as only threatening two weeks ago, has become acute in the last few days. Many farmers have exhausted their supply. At the auction sale held last week by W. R. Stein on his farm west of town, further evidence was given of the ex- cellent fi nancial condition of people of the county. The sale totaled $2,750, of which all but $150 was paid in cash. Hanna & Link held their millinery opening this week and are showing the largest and most complete line of millinery ever brought to the county. O.K. Gulch news: A gaso- line lighting system has been installed in the school house, thereby fi lling a long-felt want, since the building is fre- quently used as a social and business center for the neigh- borhood. Flora news: Monday reg- istered one of the worst days of winter. The chinook that a good many are predicting doesn’t seem to be very near yet. The snow drifts are as deep now as they have been any time this winter. Chico news: Everyone is out of hay. SALEM — Two bills aimed at expanding afford- able housing in rural Ore- gon would make it easier to build dwellings or perma- nently reside in recreational vehicles on farmland. Advocates of House bills 2937 and 2938 say the proposals would help mitigate the state’s housing shortage without undermin- ing protections for farm- land. Critics argue the bills would disrupt agricultural operations without having much impact on housing and could encourage coun- terproductive short-term rentals. Proponents of the bills said lawmakers need to be creative in fi nding solutions to Oregon’s housing prob- lem. There are limits to what can be accomplished with legislation focused on land- lord-tenant relations, said Julie Parrish, R-West Linn, during a March 14 legisla- tive hearing. Oregon’s land use sys- tem was intended to pre- serve farmland but not to create insuffi cent housing and perpetuate homeless- ness, Parrish said. Meanwhile, HB 2937 and 2938 have restrictions that limit new dwellings and won’t “upset the land use apple cart in any signif- icant way,” she said. Under HB 2937, a single “accessory dwelling” can be sited within 100 feet of an existing home in a ru- ral residential zone, or in a “exclusive farm use” zone with a county conditional use permit. The same conditions ap- ply to a single recreational vehicle used for “residential purposes” under HB 2938. 70 YEARS AGO March 20, 1947 The state police have been investigating what appears to have been an explosion at the Canyon View lodge on the Flora highway early Monday morning. Several reports have been made to the authorities Capital Bureau Chieftain archives Flooding in Enterprise — looking north on River Street. in recent weeks of prowlers and Peeping Toms around the lodge as well as around other buildings in the Flora district. The Joseph Chamber of Commerce has launched its campaign to put over a bigger and better Chief Joseph Days celebration this year. The cele- bration was launched last year and drew several thousand people to see the parade, air show, Hell’s Canyon nights, novelty races and other fea- tures. Work is now underway on the construction of a rodeo ground and football fi eld. The housing shortage in Enterprise will be further eased shortly with the con- struction of ten new housing units by Walter Mopps, who has acquired title to the lots lying on the west side of River street and north of the former Claude Reavis property. Joseph library news: Mrs. Guy Mitchell has donated four well-chosen books from her personal library. The Gar- den club took up a collection from their last meeting which was turned over to the library board. The Liberty grange voted to donate $5 and each member volunteered to do- nate a book. Two new books purchased this week were “Touchstone” and “The Bor- der Lord,” both are popular historical novels. 50 YEARS AGO March 23, 1967 The Wallowa Valley Toast- mistress club held its annual speech contest at the Circle T Café in Enterprise on March 16. There were four speakers competing. First place winner was Mary Lou Brink. Cecil Evans won second place. Two Wallowa FFA boys were highly honored at the state FFA convention in Eu- gene last week. Scott McCrae was presented with his state farmer degree and received a $200 land grant scholarship. Tom Frazier was elected to the post of State FFA Trea- surer. An “Organizational Meet- ing” was held Monday eve- ning at the hotel in Joseph and a new Lions club was formed. Roy Carter is president of the new club. EHS news: The annual mixed chorus concert will be held March 29 in the high school gym. The 66 members of the chorus, directed by Robert Clegg, will sing 12 se- lections. Christine Jensen and Aleta Stein will accompany the chorus. 25 YEARS AGO March 19, 1992 Photo: Dennis Brennan of Valley Bronze puts the fi n- ishing touches on one of the larger than life horses of Santa Fe sculptor Veryl Goodnight. Twin monuments depicting the herd bursting through the rubble of the Berlin wall will be placed in both Germany and the United States. J.D. Nobles hit on a pair of free throws in the fi nal sec- onds to lift Family Video past Coleman & Chrisman in the Town Team Basketball cham- pionship played at EHS on March 8. Photo: Matt Kurtz, Wil- lie Zollman and Chad Nash wore Savage togs and fi red up the crowd at the state basket- ball tourney in Pendleton last week (the Savages took sec- ond at state). “Everyone is walking around on cloud nine,” Wal- lowa Valley Photo Club pres- ident Doris Woempner said this week about the notifi ca- tion that the club had just won a national award for its 1992 color calendar. Photo: This femur of a prehistoric horse was recent- ly discovered in an ancient gravel bed near Enterprise by Forest Service archaeolo- gist Bruce Womack. Womack believes the large bone is as much as 800,000 years old. Announcing that we now provide • • • • • Respite Care Need a break? Allow us to wash the dishes, do your laundry and care for you at Wallowa Valley Senior Living. 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