RECORDS/LOCAL
Wallowa.com
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
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Man dies in fall from haystack on ranch near Imnaha
OUT OF THE PAST
25 YEARS AGO
Compiled by Cheryl Jenkins
The Salt Creek Fire has
been contained at 52,600
acres. At its peak 679 fi re-
fi ghters and eight helicop-
ters were assigned to fi ght
it. Cost of the fi re is listed at
$2,729,000.
Lyman Goucher was
named Cattleman of the Year
by the stockgrowers associ-
ation. Sam Loftus received
the award for Grassman of
the Year.
Tim Melville’s 130 acres
of canola will soon be har-
vested. They hope to exceed
2,500 lbs. per acre on an
experimental rotation crop
whose value lies in canola
oil grown within miniscule
black seeds.
Approximately
135
friends
and
relatives
attended the Ira Pratt Cen-
tury Farm celebration at
the Norman Pratt farm on
lower Prairie Creek. The
group was entertained by
the Old-Time Fiddlers, Don
and Vadna Norton, Leonard
Samples and his two young
sons, Caleb and Tyson.
Aug. 22, 1996
100 YEARS AGO
Aug. 25, 1921
While working on a hay-
stack on the D-M ranch near
the Imnaha road, north of
Wood’s corral, Luther S.
Cox fell backwards to the
ground, struck on his head
and broke his neck. Death
was instantaneous.
A fi re destroyed the home
of John Young in the Lewis
district. Sparks from the
burning house fell on the
barn and it also burned to the
ground. A cream separator
was carried from the back
porch and that was about all
Mr. Young could save.
Charles C. Bilyeu, with
C. M. Lockwood as a pas-
senger, drove from Enter-
prise to Spokane and back
this week. They left Enter-
prise Wednesday after-
noon and arrived back home
before Thursday night.
Undoubtedly this is a record
never before approached.
75 YEARS AGO
Aug. 29, 1946
The house on the corner
of River and Grant streets,
owned by Raymond L. Har-
ris, has been moved back on
the lot and now faces south.
The space on the corner left
vacant by the moving of the
house will be the site of a
IN BRIEF
Input sought on
plan for East
Moraine
ENTERPRISE — Public
input on the East Moraine
Forest Management Plan
will be accepted Wednesday,
Sept. 1, during a special ses-
sion of the Wallowa County
Board of Commissioners at
the Wallowa County Fair-
grounds’ Cloverleaf Hall,
according to a press release.
The special session will
run from 6-8 p.m. at the Clo-
verleaf, located at 600 NW
1st St. in Enterprise.
The moraine, a parcel of
land of roughly 1,800 acres,
was purchased and moved
to county ownership in Jan-
uary 2020. A draft manage-
ment plan has since been
worked on by the Wallowa
Lake Moraines Partnership
— made up of Wallowa
County, the Wallowa Land
Trust, Wallowa Resources
and Oregon Parks and Rec-
reation — and members of
the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife, the Ore-
gon Department of Forestry
and the Nez Perce Tribe cul-
tural and forestry divisions,
as well as community mem-
bers. The fi nal plan will ulti-
mately be what governs
management and steward-
ship of the property.
Meetings and hearings
are open to the public with
limitations per coronavi-
rus requirements. Those
interested in attending are
encouraged to do so. For
questions, concerns or need
of special accommodations,
contact the commission-
ers’ offi ce at 426-4543, ext.
1130.
Wallowa County Chieftain, File
The founders of the Pratt Century Farm are pictured at their homestead on Swamp Creek about 1912. Clara, Everett, Lawrence,
Joyce, Alma, Anna, Ira and Harold Pratt.
new Shell service station.
Icel Edgmand, Mrs. Bert
Repplinger and Miss Lois
Quinn were fi ned $10 each
on charges of assault and
battery brought by Miss
Betty Heasty and Miss
Claudine Heasty. They
were allegedly assaulted as
they emerged from the Bob
Inn.
On Friday last week, with
the dining room at the Enter-
prise hotel and Emmons
café both closed, the Fisher
café served 700 meals, han-
dling the trade in fi ne shape.
For sale: 173 acres, 75
acres farm land. 7-room
house with water piped in.
Barn 40x72. Some timber,
orchard. Price $4,500.
Directors of the event
announced the decision to
cancel the 2021 Alpenfest
Sunday, Aug. 22, in light
of a spike of coronavirus
cases in Oregon and in Wal-
lowa County. The county,
as of Monday, Aug. 23, has
reported 348 cases of coro-
navirus, but more than 100
of those have been reported
in the month of August.
Refunds will be provided
to individuals who had pur-
chased tickets in advance,
Anderson said.
The 2022 festival is
scheduled for Sept. 22-25.
The recent coronavi-
rus spike also claimed
another event, as Juniper
Jam was canceled, organiz-
ers announced Wednesday,
Aug. 18.
Online ticket sales will
be refunded, and those who
purchased tickets from local
outlets are encouraged to
return to those locations for
their refund.
Next year’s event is
scheduled for Sept. 3, 2022.
The virtual meeting is
scheduled for 1 p.m. Tues-
day, Aug. 31.
The act was introduced
alongside Sen. Jeff Merkley,
D-Oregon, in February and
is aimed at protecting nearly
4,700 miles of rivers and
streams in Oregon. It also
focuses on expanding recre-
ation access to promote local
economies, protecting drink-
ing water, limiting wildfi re
and sustaining endangered
fi sh and wildlife.
“I very much look for-
ward to throwing open the
digital doors of democracy
on Aug. 31 to hear from
rural Oregon’s county com-
missioners, river enthusi-
asts, small-business own-
ers and more so the River
Democracy Act continues
on its path to provide clean
drinking water for families,
build an even stronger out-
door recreation economy in
every nook and cranny of
our state and improve wild-
fi re resiliency,” Wyden said.
When the act was intro-
duced in February, only
2,173 out of 110,994 total
miles of rivers and streams
in Oregon were protected
under the Wild and Sce-
nic Rivers Act. Wyden ini-
tiated the public process in
October 2019 to acquire rec-
ommendations from Ore-
gon residents on rivers that
Wyden to host
online town hall
PORTLAND — Sen. Ron
Wyden, D-Oregon, will host
an online town hall to dis-
cuss his River Democracy
Act with rural Oregonians.
50 YEARS AGO
Aug. 26, 1971
Fire completely destroyed
a hog barn at the Vic Crow
farm near the mouth of the
Hurricane Creek canyon.
Lost in the fi re were fi ve of
the 15 hogs which were kept
in the barn.
The people of Joseph are
becoming increasingly con-
cerned about their water
supply which comes from
Wallowa Lake. Tests con-
ducted determined the pres-
ence of coliform, found in
bird and animal droppings
and human waste. Test sam-
ples which were taken failed
miserably, showing none
of the water tested to be fi t
for consumption without
treatment.
Two young ladies were
fl own from the high moun-
tains to Wallowa Memo-
rial hospital when they
became ill with severe stom-
ach cramps. Both received
immediate treatment and
were reportedly recovering
in the hospital. Preliminary
indications pointed toward
appendicitis in both cases.
Jack B. James (The Jackal)
CDR, USN, Ret., US NAVY SEAL
Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
Veterans Services Officer (VSO)
Cell: 360-509 2985
Email: jackaljames15@gmail.com
“The only easy day was yesterday.”
deserve protection. Orego-
nians submitted approxi-
mately 15,000 nominations
by January 2020. Wyden has
met with county commis-
sioners to discuss the list of
protections and address any
concerns.
The town hall meeting
will be hosted by People’s
Town Hall on Facebook Live
at https://bit.ly/3xT1Iam.
Signups taken
for 2021-22 CJD
Court
JOSEPH — Applica-
tions for the 2021-22 Chief
Joseph Days Court are now
available at the Chief Joseph
Days Rodeo Offi ce located
at 401 N. Main St. in Joseph
Applications are due
back to the rodeo offi ce by
Sept. 6 at 4 p.m.
The offi ce is open Mon-
day-Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tryouts will be Sept. 19
at 1 p.m. For more informa-
tion, contact Teah Jones at
541-263-1323.
This week’s featured book
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Thank you to Stangel Industries and
Main Street Motors. It was such an honor to receive
the Bud Stangel Award at the Show and Shine Car Show
this past weekend. Your thoughtfulness and
appreciation means so much and I am
incredibly grateful.
Thank you, Erl McLaughlin
Thank
you!
— EO Media Group
Happy
103rd Birthday
Wayne Wolfe!
Oregon’s
Alpenfest, Juniper
Jam canceled due
to COVID-19
JOSEPH — For the sec-
ond year in a row, Oregon’s
Alpenfest has been can-
celed due to the coronavirus
pandemic.
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