Wallowa County Chieftain
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February 14, 2018
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Raven Foods plant begins producing Swiss cheese
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Hanna Brandt
100 YEARS AGO
Feb. 14, 1918
Three young women
employed by the county ––
Ruth Holmes, Gertrude M.
Hooper and Elba Conley ––
have begun to levy a fine of
one cent for each cuss word
uttered in the courthouse.
W.S. Burleigh quickly ran up
a bill of 35 cents in the pol-
icy’s first month. The total
fines for January were $1.40.
All the money taken in is
given to the local Red Cross.
County coroner H.B.
Haisten resigned in Decem-
ber after five years. During
his tenure, Haisten kept an
itemized account of all fees
received and all expenses
incurred and discovered he
was just $1.54 in the good
for the five years in public
office.
The Red Cross’s mas-
querade ball will be held
at the opera house. Many
gaudy costumes have been
prepared, and prizes will be
given for the most striking
costumes made the cheapest.
Feb. 12, 1948
The Raven Foods plant
has turned out the first Swiss
cheese to be manufactured
in Wallowa County in nearly
seven years. Production of this
type of cheese will probably
be held to a limited scale until
present back orders of cheddar
cheese can be filled and Swiss
cheese market futures become
more stable, says manager Bill
Fletcher.
Construction work was
started this week by the Wal-
lowa County Grain Growers
on a new 150,000-bushel grain
elevator on the site of the old
salt warehouse between the
depot and the present ware-
house office in Enterprise.
Construction cost is estimated
at $85,000.
The Farm-Home and Com-
mercial Electric Co. has been
moving this week into the
former Green Radio-Elec-
tric headquarters vacated sev-
eral months ago by the Valley
Appliance Co. A grand open-
ing will be held. On display
will be a wide assortment of
electrical merchandise includ-
ing refrigerators and ranges,
oil furnaces and stoves, wash-
ing machines, radios, hot
water heaters, vacuum clean-
The Big Read 2018
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Thursday, March 1
“What If? Disaster Pre-
paredness: How Does
Setting Contribute to
Survival?” 7 p.m. at
Wallowa Memorial Hos-
pital. Free.
Thursday, March 8
Comics and Graphic
Storytelling with Mike
Lawrence: 7 p.m. at
Enterprise High School.
Free.
Thursday, March 15
“Love, Death, and Dirty
Jokes: Shakespeare
Police Chief E. E. John-
son of Enterprise reported this
week that children on bicycles
are hampering the progress of
firemen and their equipment
en route to fires.
70 YEARS AGO
and the Common Man”
with Morgan Green: 7
p.m. at Fishtrap House,
400 E. Grant St., Enter-
prise. Free.
Thursday, March 22
Star Trek Voyager:
“Survival is Instinct:” 7
p.m. at Fishtrap House,
400 E. Grant St., Enter-
prise. Free.
Saturday, March 24
Big Read Finale: Noon
at Fishtrap House, 400
E. Grant St., Enterprise.
Free.
Chieftain File Photo
This image was taken in the fall of 1918 at Mrs. Chris Johnson’s home on a Sunday afternoon.
Some of the names were on the back of the photo including Myrtle Olson, Lynn Moffit, Beu-
lah Magill, Isabel Clawson and Jennie Crow.
ers, home lighting fixtures and
home freezers.
50 YEARS AGO
The Soil Conservation Ser-
vice completed the survey
of snow and water content in
the High Wallowa Mountains
when weather cleared enough
to fly to the various unsur-
veyed courses. Snow depth at
Mirror Lake has reached the
12-foot mark, but the survey
indicates that there is far less
water in the mountains this
year than there was last year.
Flow of streams in Baker,
Union and Wallowa counties in
the spring and summer of 1968
will be 25 to 40 percent below
average except in Wallowa,
where flows will be nearer 100
percent of the average. Water
content of the mountain snow-
pack averages 77 percent in
this northeastern Oregon area
with lesser amounts on the
main Grande Ronde water-
shed and greater amounts in the
Wallowa Mountain.
25 YEARS AGO
Showings of Spike Lee’s
“Malcolm X” starring Denzel
Washington begin at the OK
Theatre.
Ed Marston, publisher
of “High Country News” in
Paonia, Colo., will speak on
the topic of “The Changing
West” at the middle school
in La Grande. The presenta-
tion follows Marston’s partic-
ipation in the Winter Fishtrap
writer’s conference at Wal-
lowa Lake.
The Wallowa County
Chamber of Commerce pre-
sented awards to the win-
ers in five categories of pub-
lic service during its annual
awards banquet last week at
the Joseph Community Cen-
ter. Those receiving awards
included Dave Yost in edu-
cation, Fairview Travel in
business, Mack and Marion
Birkmaier in agriculture, Cas-
sandra Botts in timber, Jim
and Vera Henderson in citi-
zenship and Bruce Dunn, the
chamber’s “unsung hero.”
Annual ‘Big Read’ has big events schedule
Kick-off will be a potluck Feb. 22 at Grange Hall
Grab your copy of “Station Eleven” and
get ready for a month of activities, part of the
2018 Big Read, sponsored by Fishtrap.
Events begin with a family-friendly pot-
luck and show featuring homegrown talent, a
feast of favorite foods, and the famous Hurri-
cane Creek Grange Hall pies 6:30 p.m. Thurs-
day, Feb. 22 at the Grange hall. Admission is
free.
This is the 13th consecutive year Fishtrap
has hosted a Big Read or Wallowa County
Reads program. In 2006, nonprofit was among
the first communities in the nation to receive
a National Endowment for the Arts grant for
such an event with the book “Fahrenheit 451”
by Ray Bradbury.
Other featured books have included “The
Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck, “To Kill
a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, “The Bridge
of San Luis Rey” and “Our Town” by Thorn-
ton Wilder, among others.
This year’s featured novel, “Station
Eleven,” by Emily St. John Mandel explores
“what brings communities together, what
value the past holds and ultimately, what
makes survival worth sustaining,” according
to Mike Midlo, program manager for Fishtrap.
The event will also be an opportunity to
highlight the talent of Wallowa County youth
who will entertain the audience with songs,
acting, dance and even a student-made movie.
Those attending are encouraged to share
their favorite dish, from dutch oven secrets to
traditional family recipes. Following the pot-
luck, local students from Wallowa to Joseph
will perform.
Short readings from “Station Eleven” will
set the scene and introduce themes from the
novel. Fishtrap will raffle off free copies of
the book and companion books for younger
readers.
“The Big Read broadens our understand-
ing of the world, our communities, and our-
selves through the joy of sharing a good
book,” Midlo added. “Every winter, Fishtrap
celebrates one great work of literature by pro-
viding events, discussions and free books to
Wallowa County schools, libraries and com-
munity members.”
Copies of “Station Eleven” are available
at any library in Wallowa County or can be
purchased at The Book Loft in downtown
Enterprise.
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