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Wallowa.com
Wednesday, July 31, 2019
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Thieves rob meat market and pool hall, leave a nickel in the till
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins
100 YEARS AGO
July 31, 1919
John H. Womack of Wal-
lowa has the honor of win-
ning the only distinguished
service cross yet awarded
to a soldier from the county
for exceptional bravery in
the world war. His father
received word of the award
but does not know what his
son did to gain it.
With no reserve stock
of gasoline in the country,
users have been asked to
avoid waste. The fi rst of this
week La Grande had been
without gasoline four days
and Pendleton had been
empty for fi ve days.
Last Friday some one
who wanted to pick up a lit-
tle easy money robbed the
Sanitary Meat market $9.95.
They then climbed through
a small window into the
pool hall in the same build-
ing and helped themselves
to seven or eight dollars.
In each place the thief or
FOR THE RECORD
JULY 22
9:07 a.m. – Parole and Pro-
bation issued a statewide war-
rant on Clint Caleb Powers, 26,
of Enterprise for Probation Vio-
lation. Original charge DWS.
11:40 a.m. – Dog complaint
in Enterprise.
12:39 p.m. – Warrant issued
for Patrick Angelo Maroney,
60, of Enterprise for a Proba-
tion Violation. Original charge
Menacing.
12:54 p.m. – Warrant issued
for Matthew George James
Clark, 36, of Wallowa for a
Probation Violation. Original
charge Stalking.
3:11 p.m. – Report of a bear
getting in to trash up Hurri-
cane Creek.
3:27 p.m. – 911 driving
complaint in rural Enterprise.
4:52 p.m. – 911 call for a
traffi c complaint.
5:02 p.m. – Cite and Release
warrant served on Mario Anto-
nio Odgen, 31, of Colton, Ore-
gon for a Failure to Appear on
a DUII.
7:50 p.m. – Traffi c com-
plaint in rural Wallowa.
8:29 p.m. – Lost purse
reported in Joseph.
JULY 23
12:36 a.m. – Traffi c com-
plaint in Wallowa.
7:44 a.m. – 911 reporting
criminal mischief in Joseph.
11:04 a.m. – Hit and run in
Troy.
2:46 p.m. – Patrick Angelo
Maroney, 60, of Enterprise was
arrested on a probation viola-
tion with an original charge of
Menacing. He was held at the
Wallowa County Justice Cen-
ter until transported to Uma-
tilla County Jail.
3:41 p.m. – Found item that
was left at Embers in Joseph.
5:47 p.m. – Harassment at
Wallowa Lake.
5:54 p.m. – Report of a tres-
pass in Joseph.
7:09 p.m. — Road hazard
reported in Minam Canyon.
7:37 p.m. – 911 call for a
road hazard in rural Enterprise.
Early haying in Wallowa County
thieves left a nickel in the
till.
The 11 man crew of engi-
neers surveying the new
state highway thru the val-
ley is now working between
Enterprise and Wallowa.
They proceed with as much
secrecy as possible, setting
stakes only after they feel
they have chosen the best
route and ground, without
regard to local wishes. So it
is not known where the new
road will run thru the val-
ley. The surveyors are under
instructions to talk to nobody
regarding their work.
7:43 p.m. – Welfare check
requested in Wallowa.
8:27 p.m. – 911 call for a fi re
in a fi re pit at Wallowa Lake.
8:37 p.m. – 911 call report-
ing trees down on the north
highway.
JULY 24
12:04 a.m. – Invasion of pri-
vacy reported in Enterprise.
12:41 a.m. – Fraud/scam
call reported from Wallowa
Lake.
JULY 25
8:04 a.m. – Disabled vehicle
rural Enterprise.
8:48 a.m. – Criminal mis-
chief rural Enterprise.
9:52 a.m. – Criminal mis-
chief reported from Joseph.
12:45 p.m. – Scam phone
call reported from Enterprise.
1:18 p.m. – Dog locked
inside vehicle in Enterprise.
1:33 p.m.
–
Boulder
reported on Hwy 3, MP 2 or 3.
2:13 p.m. – Disturbance
reported in Joseph.
2:16 p.m. – Commercial
alarm in Joseph.
3:21 p.m. – 911 reporting
dogs in locked car in Joseph.
5:04 p.m. – 911 traffi c com-
plaint in Joseph.
6:54 p.m. – Found cell
phone in Joseph.
6:56 p.m. – Telephonic
harassment
reported
in
Enterprise.
9:35 p.m. – 911 reporting
single MVA in rural Lostine,
non injury.
Thank you
to the Wallowa County
EMT’s for the wonderful
flowers and amazing
service when you were
needed before the kick
off of the Chief Joseph
Days Stampede in
Joseph on July 23rd.
You all are the BEST!
70 YEARS AGO
July 28, 1949
Ben Witcher, operator of
the Enterprise skating rink,
suffered several broken ribs
and a fractured shoulder
when he was knocked from
a stack of hay at the Searles
Bros. farm on Alder Slope.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Shafer
of Troy were driving home
from the mail post when
the wheel of the wagon hit
a rock, throwing her and the
seat out. She was taken to
the hospital by Don Green.
The X-ray showed her knee
to be broken in three places.
10:05 p.m. – Report of ver-
bal disturbance in Enterprise.
11:47 p.m. – Dog barking
complaint in Joseph.
JULY 26
12:53 a.m. – Theft com-
plaint in Joseph.
9:43 a.m. – Two missing
horses in rural Enterprise.
10:40 a.m. – Lost money in
Imnaha.
10:48 a.m. – Traffi c com-
plaint rural Enterprise.
11:55 a.m. – Traffi c crash in
Enterprise, non injury.
1:29 p.m. – Theft reported
from Joseph.
4:42 p.m. – 911 welfare
check in rural Enterprise.
6:06 p.m. – Civil dispute
reported in Joseph.
7:09 p.m. – 911 reporting
subject refusing to pay for fuel
resulting in Enterprise Police
Dept. arresting Cobi S. Bisbee,
20, of Lapwai ID on charges
of DUII. He was cited and
released to a third party.
7:54 p.m. – Wallowa County
Sheriff ’s Offi ce arrested David
D. Killion, 59, of Joseph for
Contempt of Court. He was
transported
to
Umatilla
County Jail.
9:20 p.m. – Welfare check
requested in Wallowa.
9:38 p.m. – Report of
an intoxicated driver rural
Enterprise.
10:13 p.m. – Hit and run in
Joseph.
11:38 p.m. – Domestic
reported in rural Enterprise.
A contract for the grad-
ing, surfacing and oiling
of another six miles of the
Enterprise-Lewiston high-
way from the end of the
present pavement north to
the vicinity of Snow Hol-
low hill will be let soon.
Expected cost of the job is
approximately
$235,000.
The contract is part of a con-
tinuing project to pave por-
tions of the highway each
year until the entire highway
is surfaced.
The Enterprise city coun-
cil has adopted a resolution
asking the state highway
commission to install a four-
way stop and go electric
sign at the intersection of
Main and River streets. This
intersection has been the site
of a number of accidents.
Cars proceeding through the
intersection are not required
to stop and a number of col-
lisions have resulted. It is
also a hazardous corner for
pedestrians.
50 YEARS AGO
July 31, 1969
A
Clarkston
man
JULY 27
1:06 a.m. – Animal com-
plaint in rural Enterprise.
1:31 a.m. – Traffi c crash in
Enterprise.
3:59 a.m. – Noise complaint
in Joseph.
8:22 a.m. – Report of lost
property in Joseph.
8:32 a.m. – Hit and run
vehicle damage reported at
Wallowa Lake.
10:56 a.m. – Report of
non-injury MVA in Joseph.
12:26 p.m. – Disorderly
complaint in Joseph.
3:09 p.m. – Report of
harassment in Enterprise.
3:51 p.m. – Report of road
hazard in Joseph.
3:52 p.m. – Parking com-
plaints at Wallowa Lake.
6:22 p.m. – Civil dispute
reported in Joseph.
7:33 p.m. – Traffi c com-
plaint in rural Joseph.
11:14 p.m. – 911 traffi c
complaint in rural Wallowa.
appeared before Justice
of the Peace Cliff Col-
linsworth on a charge of
assault with a dangerous
weapon. Steven Galles was
accused of attacking Glen
Parr of Milton-Freewater
with a broken beer bottle
and slashing his throat. The
incident occurred at Wal-
lowa Lake.
Several local girls, Linda
Nuxall, Marsha Weaver and
Joyce Cook, were robbed
of many of their valuables
when they left their purses
and other possessions in
their car while going for a
swim at the head of Wal-
lowa Lake. The thieves also
pulled the wiring loose in
their car so that the car was
inoperative.
Renee Cook, 11-year-
old girl from Colton, Wash-
ington, aced out about 35
other contestants to win the
girl’s barrel racing event at
Chief Joseph Days. She ran
the 3-barrel course in 18.2
seconds.
The Jaycees reported
that over 900 people
attended their CJD break-
fast, held in Joseph for the
fi rst time this year.
11:21 p.m. – 911 request-
ing LE to Joseph Community
Center.
plaint in Joseph.
12:31 p.m. – Report of
loose cow in rural Enterprise.
4:04 p.m. – Scam reported
in rural Joseph.
5:28 p.m. – Report of forest
fi re in rural Wallowa.
7:43 p.m. – 911 requesting
welfare check in Enterprise.
9:11 p.m. – Dog barking
complaint in rural Enterprise.
9:24 p.m. – Welfare check
requested in Enterprise.
JULY 28
3:53 a.m. – Found wallet in
rodeo grounds.
6:36 a.m. – Report of
loose cow on Hwy 82 in rural
Wallowa.
8:11 a.m. – Report of possi-
ble DUI driver in rural Wallowa
County.
10:34 a.m. – Trespass com-
25 YEARS AGO
July 28, 1994
Joseph High School
FFCL representatives, Holly
Cartney, Tomomi Yashiro
and Amy Jennings, recently
earned a silver medal with
their Little Friends project
at the National FHA Lead-
ership Meeting in Orlando,
Fla.
Honored as grand mar-
shals of the Chief Joseph
Days grand parade this year
will be Bud and Ruby Zoll-
man, long-time owners of
Bud’s Hardware (recently
retired) and long-time boost-
ers of Chief Joseph Days
and Joseph Chamber of
Commerce. In fact, Bud was
there at the fi rst CJD rodeo
in 1946, and Ruby (ne Mal-
lon) a member of the 1949
CJD court.
Terry McFetridge and
Brian Freels of the Enter-
prise FFA chapter recently
attended the 1994 Washing-
ton Leadership Conference
in Washington, D.C.
Help Us
Celebrate!
Join us, along with the
Local Yokels, to celebrate bassist,
Rich Shirley’s 90th year on this planet!
Hosting Open Mic at Terminal Gravity
Friday, August 2nd at 7pm
Come for the fun, enjoy the
music & join in the celebration!
Births
A son, Clayton Henry
Schaeffer, was born July
6, 2019 in Enterprise
to Trever Schaffer and
Aleksandria Markle of
Wallowa. Grandparents
are Lori Shane & James
Markle, and Kellie Randall
& Randy Schaeffer.
Sincerely,
Duann Ammons
301 W. Main, Enterprise • 541.426.3177
Thank You!
From the Tamkaliks Committee
To all event donors, sponsors, volunteers and visitors
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We are grateful that after 29 years, the Tamkaliks Celebration
& Potluck continues to bring Nez Perce people and Wallowa
County locals together in friendship. By celebrating and
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feasting together each year, we strengthen the ties that
connect us with each other and this place we all call home.
Thank you for your contribution.
See ya next year!