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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1943-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 2019)
NEWS Wallowa.com Wednesday, August 14, 2019 A3 Wallowa county stockgrowers name Vern Colvin president gomery Ward catalog agency in the Caton Hotel building in Enterprise. Dr. Lyle Ham, physician and surgeon in Wallowa county for the past 23 years, caught most of the community unaware this week when he announced that he will move from Enterprise to Grants Pass. Three Wallowa County boys were pre- sented with agricultural scholarships by the Wallowa County Stockgrowers: Dennis Henderson, John Alford and Kent Searles. According to records kept by the Hat Point guard, Gary Kohler, from July 4 until Aug. 1, 1463 people visited that scenic point. OUT OF THE PAST Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins 100 YEARS AGO August 14, 1919 After nearly losing his home on Alder Slope by fi re last Sunday, Frank Borter appeared in court Monday and pleaded guilty to the charge of burning brush with- out a special permit. He was fi ned $20 under the state law. With a crew of 20 men, the new mill of the Minam Lumber company will start cutting next week. The machinery is set up, the buildings fi nished, the working crew gathered, and 5,000,000 feet of logs in the Minam river which serves as a pond. The mill stands by the river, just below the dam which holds the water in the pond. The state fi sh and game commission decided last week to abandon the Billy Meadows elk pasture after the coming winter, and to scatter the game. The elk have become so numerous at the pasture that the expense of keeping them is greater than the commission wishes to stand, par- ticularly since the herd serves no public purpose. 70 YEARS AGO August 11, 1949 Wallowa county stockgrowers honored Vern Colvin with the presidency of their association for the coming year and Oscar Maxwell was named vice president. Ralph Fullington was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of intent to kill. The hearing was the outgrowth of a fi ght between Fullington and Rolland H. (Pete) 25 YEARS AGO August 11, 1994 1979 Fair Co-Homemakers of the Year Hope McLaughlin and Ida Hillock Hazard at the Edelweiss inn grounds in which Hazard was cut about the neck and body with a knife. Eleven windows in the new grade school at Joseph were broken out last week by vandals who threw rocks and other missiles through the glass. Some of the same youngsters who broke out most of the windows and light fixtures in the old building are said to have been mixed up in the latest destruction. Harvey Mutch and Jack Harmon have formed a partnership and have accepted the dealership agency in Wallowa county for Dodge and Plymouth cars. They have secured lots and will start at once on the construction of a large modern garage building approximately 80x100 feet. 50 YEARS AGO August 14, 1969 Wayne Marks, Imnaha area rancher, was chosen by the Stockgrowers as the 1969 Grassman of the Year. Mrs. Marks was also honored when she was introduced as the new president of the Wallowa County Cow Belles. Hoy Carmen, Wallowa area rancher, was selected as the Wallowa County Cat- tleman of the Year by the Wallowa County Stockgrowers. Mr. and Mrs. Foy “Hoppy” Hopkins have taken over the management of the Mont- Rob Brown of Enterprise and Steve Goss of Wallowa take to the gridiron at Baker City Saturday in the annual running of the Shrine East-West All-Star Football Game. Enterprise School Superintendent Larry Christman has announced that Kim Conrad will take over the position of varsity foot- ball coach for the 1994 season. Earlier in the summer elementary school teacher Joe Neveau was named as the varsity boys bas- ketball coach, replacing Dick Quinn. The 12th annual Wallowa Valley Festival of Arts opens this weekend with a reception, live music and original art. The event looked like it might have to be canceled for lack of a chairman, when art collector and apprecia- tor Martin Hamilton stepped into the breech, assisted by his wife Marcy. While hundreds of USFS and State For- estry fi refi ghters were battling fi res through- out the county Friday afternoon, volun- teers of the Enterprise Fire Department had their own hands full fi ghting a grass fi re that threatened the back yards of the Corak and Roberts family houses on Garfi eld St. Ag dismisses ‘fl awed’ study of breaching Snake River dams By Matthew Weaver Capital Press Agriculture represen- tatives say a recent study that calls for removing four dams from the Lower Snake River relies on outdated and fl awed data. “They start with fl awed information and a fl awed premise,” said Kris- tin Meira, director of the Pacifi c Northwest Water- ways Association. Meira disputes the study’s suggestion that a non-use value of the river can be quantifi ed, especially when compared to the value of the products moved on the river, the impact on farmers and renewable hydropower. In its report on the eco- nomic tradeoffs of remov- ing the Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite dams, economic consulting fi rm ECONorthwest claimed: • The lock system that supports shipments of goods by barge on the Lower Snake River operates at a net loss. Capital Press The Ice Harbor Dam on the Snake River. An environmentalist- sponsored study claims taking out it and three other dams would be benefi cial to the region’s economy. • The cost of replacing irrigation infrastructure is comparatively inexpensive. • Removing the Lower Snake River Dams will be expensive and generate sub- stantial positive economic impacts in the region. “Benefi ts accruing to the public from a restored natural river system and a reduced extinction risk of wild salmon outweigh the net costs of removing the dams by over $8.6 billion,” the study states. Much of the data used in the study is outdated or from unreliable sources, includ- ing from a group commit- ted to Snake River dam removal, Meira said. The study hasn’t gained much traction for decision makers because it doesn’t follow the procedures fed- eral agencies must follow under the National Environ- mental Policy Act , she said. Those agencies are already studying the effects 14 dams have on fi sh and other species as part of Columbia River systems operations. A draft environ- mental impact statement is due in February. “We just don’t see (the ECONorthwest study) being a useful part of the conver- sation,” Meira said. “When you have fl awed data com- ing in, the conclusions that result are unreliable.” “The report is dismissive of the fact that wheat grow- ers in the Palouse may have a signifi cant increase in the cost of getting their prod- uct to market,” said Don Schwerin, chairman of the Washington State Demo- crats agricultural and rural issues caucus. “That is sim- ply not acceptable.” Schwerin said the report is fl awed, but ag needs to take it seriously. He cited a Save Our Wild Salmon survey, which indi- cates that “solid majorities” Solar panels on ag lands maximizes effi ciency, new study shows By Chris Branam Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – The most productive places on Earth for solar power are farmlands, according to an Oregon State University study. The study, published today in the journal Scien- tifi c Reports, fi nds that if less than 1% of agricultural land was converted to solar pan- els, it would be suffi cient to fulfi ll global electric energy demand. The concept of co-developing the same area of land for both solar photo- voltaic power and conven- tional agriculture is known as agrivoltaics. “Our results indicate that there’s a huge potential for solar and agriculture to work together to provide reliable energy,” said correspond- ing author Chad Higgins, an associate professor in OSU’s College of Agricultural Sci- ences. “There’s an old adage that agriculture can over- produce anything. 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Their productivity is less than what it could be per acre.” of Washington voters, about 63%, would spend up to $7 per month on their electric bill to restore wild salmon and improve water quality. “It tells us that there is a genuine threat that the state- wide majority could over- ride the interests of Eastern and Central Washington,” he said. The caucus will hold a forum about possible effects of dam removal on barges and rail before Christmas, Schwerin said. Tours that allow legisla- Local Flowers by the Bucket DIY Weddings, Showers, and Special Events Wallowa, Oregon Dawn Highberger • (208)206-0900 bearcreekblossoms@gmail.com www.bearcreekblossoms.com tors to actually see the dams and salmon survival rates are more helpful, said Glen Squires, CEO of the Wash- ington Grain Commission. “It’s almost like the study was designed to get a lot of media hype about dams and breaching, just to keep the whole breaching idea out in the media,” Squires said. THANK YOU! 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