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Wallowa County Chieftain
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
27-inch-long bull trout caught in lake
OUT OF THE PAST
Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins
100 YEARS AGO
June 16, 1921
A bull trout 27 inches
long and weighing 9 pounds
was caught in the lake by
W.E. Leff el who exhibited it
in Joseph and afterward sent
it to friends outside as an
exhibit of Wallowa county’s
attractions.
Fire which swept with
astonishing speed nearly
destroyed a fi ve-room bun-
galow on West First street,
which had been rented fur-
nished to C.D. Jones. Mrs.
Jones, alone with her baby,
ran thru the parlor, where the
fl ames already were eating
their way, and out the front
door. She did not even stop to
put on her shoes.
The greater part of Wal-
lowa county’s wool clip is
now off the sheep’s backs
and ready for market. The
total number of sheep in the
county is estimated at 95,250
plus there are about 35,000
sheep from outside the county
grazing for the summer in the
forests.
the room recently vacated by
the Joseph Radio and Elec-
tric. Glen Payne is moving
his card room from the Chief
Joseph hotel to the space
vacated by the shoe hospital.
75 YEARS AGO
All three banks in Wal-
lowa county were warned
by the FBI that they might
be robbed some time on
Wednesday. Surveillance of
each of the banks was con-
ducted during the day and
bank personnel were on
edge throughout the day. It
was learned later that a rob-
bery had been attempted in
another part of the state.
Mrs. Maude Ortman
received her 60-year Jewel
as a Rebekah. She has been
a member of the Emerald
Rebekah Lodge 119 in Enter-
prise throughout the 60 years.
Wayne McFetridge has
been named the Oregon
For the fi rst time in its
7-year history, one of the
entries in the Oregon Moun-
tain Cruise car show was
involved in an accident while
leaving the county. Both
occupants of the car escaped
serious injury, but the new-
ly-customized 1927 Ford
street rod did not fare as well.
60 fi ddlers from four
states fi lled Cloverleaf Hall at
the annual Wallowa County
Old-Time Fiddle Contest last
weekend. Perennial Wallowa
County champion Charles
Trump of Wallowa main-
tained his title in the open
division with 15-year-old
Robyn Freatman of rural
Enterprise fi ddling her way
to the runner-up slot. Trump
went on to also win the very
competitive championship
division contest.
5:54 p.m. — A disturbance
was reported in Enterprise.
6:42 p.m. — A traffi c com-
plaint on Highway 82 in rural
Lostine was referred to OSP.
7:51 p.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested at Wal-
lowa Lake State Park.
7:51 p.m. — A welfare
check was requested in rural
Enterprise.
9:53 p.m. — Daniel Joseph
McCaulou, 27, of Mountain
Home, Idaho, was arrested by
the Enterprise Police Depart-
ment on charges of assault IV
domestic violence, harassment
and menacing. He was trans-
ported to the Umatilla County
Jail.
JUNE 10
11:22 a.m. — Trespassing
was reported in Lostine.
1:19 p.m. — Assault was
reported in Joseph.
3:08 p.m. — A theft was
reported in Joseph.
3:15 p.m. — A traffi c com-
plaint in rural Enterprise on
Highway 82 was referred to
OSP.
4:59 p.m. — A domestic
disturbance was reported in
Joseph.
5:21 p.m. — A noise com-
plaint was reported in Imnaha.
JUNE 11
1:27 a.m. — An animal
complaint was reported in
Wallowa.
8:37 a.m. — A welfare
check was requested in rural
Enterprise.
9:51 a.m. — A traffi c com-
plaint was reported in Wallowa.
10:27 a.m. — A possible
theft was reported in Joseph.
10:50 a.m. — A wel-
fare check was requested in
Enterprise.
1:19 p.m. — A hit-and-
run accident was reported in
Enterprise.
2:11 p.m. — A suspicious
vehicle was reported in Joseph.
5:02 p.m. — A residential
structure fi re was reported in
Enterprise.
5:11 p.m. — A traffi c com-
plaint was reported in rural
Joseph. EPD arrested Wade
Allen Hougham, 66, of Enter-
prise, on charges of DUII.
5:29 p.m. — A traffi c com-
plaint was reported in rural
Enterprise.
7:15 p.m. — Found prop-
erty was reported in Enterprise.
7:23 p.m. — A road hazard
was reported in rural Enterprise.
7:40 p.m. — A yearling
steer was reported wandering
in rural Joseph.
10:24 p.m. — A noise
complaint was reported in
Enterprise.
JUNE 12
2:58 p.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested in
Enterprise.
5:39 p.m. — Criminal mis-
chief was reported in Wallowa.
5:43 p.m. — Possible
restraining order violation was
reported in Enterprise.
6:13 p.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested in
Enterprise.
8:08 p.m. — A suspicious
person was reported near Wal-
lowa Lake.
9:02 p.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested in
Enterprise.
11:04 p.m. — A verbal
domestic disturbance was
reported in Enterprise.
JUNE 13
3:54 a.m. — A noise
complaint was reported in
Enterprise.
10:28 a.m. — Report of
missing horses were reported
in rural Wallowa.
2:58 p.m. — Property dam-
age from a hit-and-run was
reported in Enterprise.
3:30 p.m. — An accident
was reported in rural Lostine.
7:16 p.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested in Joseph.
7:43 p.m. — Traffi c com-
plaint was reported in
Enterprise.
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EPD
8:25 p.m.
impounded a vehicle for no
insurance during a traffi c stop
in Enterprise.
9:01 p.m. — A wel-
fare check was requested in
Wallowa.
9:16 p.m. — Traffi c com-
plaint was reported in rural
Enterprise.
9:22 p.m. — A fi rearms
complaint was reported in
Joseph.
50 YEARS AGO
June 17, 1971
June 20, 1946
Five girls, four from
Joseph and one from Enter-
prise, are now entered in the
contest for queen of the Chief
Joseph Days celebration. The
girls, together with the num-
ber of votes each has received
are: Mina Drake, 23,925;
Carmen Turnbow, 14,225;
Rita Daisley, 10,100; Cather-
ine Daggett, 6,050; Jean Best,
2,500. Boxes for depositing
votes are placed throughout
the county.
Miss Gertrude Kirsch,
home economics teacher in
Enterprise, was one of 13
teachers to receive a grant
DON’T FORGET:
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A Celebration of Life
will be held on June 26, 2021, at 11:00 for
Dorothy (Dot) Pace
at the Enterprise Christian Church.
Please come ready to share a story or two as
we celebrate the life of an amazing woman.
Lunch will be provided.
Gerald Leon Crawford
Wallowa County Chieftain, File
Old Time Fiddlers county champs Charles Trump, Lester
Kiesecker and Don Norton, as pictured in this July 27, 1978,
fi le photo.
from the Sears-Roebuck
foundation to improve fac-
ulty and student lounge,
construction of play school
equipment, and remodeling
FOR THE RECORD
JUNE 7
1:26 a.m. — A suicide
attempt was reported in
Enterprise.
8:03 a.m. — A single-vehi-
cle crash was reported in rural
Enterprise.
8:27 a.m. — An injured deer
was reported in Enterprise.
8:49 a.m. — Vandalism was
reported in Imnaha or Wallowa.
8:53 a.m. — Single-vehi-
cle crash was reported in rural
Joseph. Oregon State Police
handling investigation.
9:37 a.m. — Motorist assist
was requested in rural Joseph.
Referred to OSP.
10:05 a.m. — Public assis-
tance was requested in Joseph.
2:08 p.m. — A welfare check
was requested in Enterprise.
5:56 p.m. — Scam/fraud
was reported in Enterprise.
6:07 p.m. — A wel-
and renovation of the Girls’
League room.
The Joseph shoe hospital,
owned and operated by Frank
Shevlin, moved last week to
fare check requested in rural
Joseph.
6:58 p.m. — A noise
complaint was reported in
Enterprise.
11:48 p.m. — A found debit
card was reported in Enterprise.
JUNE 8
1:45 p.m. — A loose calf
was reported in rural Enterprise.
1:48 p.m. — A welfare check
was requested in Wallowa.
8:10 p.m. — An overdue
fi refi ghter was reported in
rural Enterprise. The fi refi ghter
returned safely.
8:38 p.m. — Loose cattle
were reported on Hurricane
Creek Road in rural Enterprise.
JUNE 9
2:17 p.m. — A lost item was
reported in rural Enterprise.
3:51 p.m. — An abandoned
vehicle was reported in rural
Enterprise.
4:35 p.m. — A suspi-
cious vehicle was reported in
Enterprise.
July 2, 1936 - March 7, 2021
Larry Dale Jacobson
Gerald Leon Crawford, long-time resident of
Joseph, peacefully passed to his place in heaven on
March 7, 2021 in his home. Born July 2, 1936 in Bak-
er, Oregon to Harry and Norma (Jensen) Crawford,
Gerald grew up in Baker, graduating Baker High
School in 1953 at sixteen. He immediately started
work at Oregon Lumber.
Gerald met (Mary) Lorraine Christman of North
Powder in 1955, and they married on October 5,
1956. The couple moved to Pilot Rock in 1957 where
Gerald worked at US Gypsum until 1962 when, tak-
ing a leap of faith, he enrolled at Eastern Oregon College moving his family
which now included two sons, to La Grande. By January 1, 1966, Gerald had
earned his Bachelor of Science in Education, graduating Cum Laude, and was
hired to teach in the Halfway Elementary School for the Pine Eagle School Dis-
trict. He attended summer school at San Jose State on a grant in 1968, and
earned a Master of Science Degree in Education from Eastern Oregon College
in 1972. The family moved to Joseph, Oregon in the summer of 1976 where
Gerald taught until 1994.
After retiring, Gerald enjoyed a happy and fulfilling life traveling
extensively with Lorraine across North America. He volunteered as an assis-
tant coach for Boys’ Golf and scorekeeper for Girls’ Basketball at Enterprise
High School.
Gerald contributed to his community through his over fifty-year mem-
bership in the Masonic Lodge and Eastern Star, serving in various state
offices and committees and as the Maxine Assembly’s Rainbow Dad and once as
State Rainbow Dad. He was also proud of his work as a forty-year member
of the Shrine, and the family would like any memorial contributions to be
made specifically to the Portland Shriners’ Hospital. Gerald enjoyed wood-
working, fishing, camping, hunting and golf. The Crawfords were members
of the Enterprise Community Church.
Survivors include: wife Lorraine, son Michael (Tammy), Enterprise; son
Darryl (Tammy), Cocololla; brother Donald (Beverly), Pendleton, grandson
(Michael)Bo (Catherine) Crawford of Las Vegas; grandson Kyle (Kate) Craw-
ford, Enterprise; granddaughter Chelsey (Jed), Tacoma; granddaughter Brandi
(Joey) Kent, Post Falls; and eight great-grandchildren.
Gerald was interred in the Prairie Creek Cemetery with a service
officiated by Archie Hook of Enterprise Community Church, assisted by the
Joseph Masonic Lodge. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, July 3, with
a potluck gathering behind the Enterprise Community Church starting at 2:00.
For details call (541)398-1130. All friends are invited.
February 7, 1959 - May 17, 2021
2021
Larry Dale Jacobson was born February 7, 1959
in Lebanon, Oregon. He was called to Heaven on
May 17, 2021, being greeted by loved ones.
Larry lived in Gates and Mill City, Oregon for his
younger years. Then moved to John Day, Oregon,
graduating from Grant Union high school in 1977.
He also lived in Mt. Vernon, Astoria and Lostine, Or-
egon. Larry was a hard worker at Ford Motor Co., Or-
egon State Parks and 33-1/2 years with the Oregon
Department of Transportation in John Day, Astoria
and Enterprise, Oregon, where he retired from in
June 2013. Larry was a volunteer ambulance driver and a reserve officer in
John Day, Oregon. He also worked at the Forest Service fighting fires in his
spare time supporting his family.
Larry’s greatest joy was his family. On Sept. 15th, 1978, Larry married his
high school sweetheart, Juanita Dennis. They went on to have two children
Ryan and Christina.
Larry enjoyed scuba diving, and hunting, teaching and raising his children
with hunting, fishing, camping and anything outdoors. Larry was a perfec-
tionist with cooking and smoking dinners, for family gatherings and sharing
with anyone who came around to visit.
Larry took pride in his family and home always making sure he had a well
groomed lawn and place to come and visit at all times.
Larry fought several battles, Lyme disease, IPF (ideopathic pulmonary
fibrosis), gallbladder, hernias and then Non Hodgkin’s Follicular Lymphoma
stage 4 cancer which took him home. Larry still had his smile and sense of
humor through all of this with a positive attitude.
Larry was preceded in death by his mom Geneva; his grandparents, Nina
and Virgil Hoover; brother-in-law Carl; mother-in-law Dorothy; aunts and
uncles Jim and Shirley Hoover, Delbert and Mae Neal and his fur babies Heidi
and Sausha.
Larry is survived by his wife of 43 years of marriage and together 45-1/2
years with Juanita; son Ryan and his son Levi, three daughters Hailey, Ryleigh
and Remi; daughter Christina and (Jeremiah) and their two daughters Tina
and Alyse; father Eugene Jacobson; sister-in-law Dorothy and (Robert); best
friend Duane Dennis; and fur babies Missy and Louie.
Juanita would also like to thank everyone for all your support through
Larry’s illnesses during and after. Larry’s family will love and miss him always
but this is not good bye. Just see you later! 1434 LJ
Father of the Year.
25 YEARS AGO
June 13 , 1996
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June 18
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June 19
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June 20
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PHOTO CONTEST
June 21
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sunny
June 22
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mostly sunny
June 23
85
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mostly sunny
Offi cial Rules:
Photo Contest open now and closes at
11:59 pm Sunday, June 20, 2021.
Staff will choose the top 10. The public can
vote online for People’s Choice from 12:01
am Monday, June 21 through 11:59 pm
Thursday, June 30.
Digital or scanned photos only, uploaded
to the online platform. No physical copies.
Only photographers from Oregon may
participate.
The contest subject matter is wide open but
we’re looking for images that capture life
in Eastern Oregon.
Submit all photos
online at:
Entrants may crop, tone, adjust saturation
and make minor enhancements, but may
not add or remove objects within the
frame, or doctor images such that the fi nal
product doesn’t represent what’s actually
before the camera.
The winners will appear in the July 8th
edition of Go Magazine; the top 25 will
appear online.
Gift cards to a restaurant of your choice
will be awarded for fi rst, second and third
place.
wallowacountychieftain.com/photocontest
Phases of the moon
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July 1
1st Quarter
Full Moon
Last Quarter
July 9
New Moon
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