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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Through the years...
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John Day River Highest in 15 Years
• Last week was high water time for most of the John Day valley as well as all over the state and no rthwest. The steady 40-hour rain
which started Wednesday of last week brought the John Day River up higher than for 15 or 20 years an d it overflooded its banks in
many places.
• The Fisk Camp grounds were flooded and the south end of the river bridge by the camp grounds, was taken out by the high water. the
creamery was surrounded by water and for a while the street in front of Tucker’s planing mill looked like a river. The banks of Dixie
Creek were also overflooded. no damage of any consequence was done around here, although down the ri ver, near Mt. Vernon and
Dayville, several sheep sheds were washed out and considerable damage done. The John Day highway was closed at Service Creek and
was flooded in a number of places through the valley. At Mt. Vernon the street was flooded with wate r and at John Day there was two
feet of water under the Legion hall, where the Elk’s dance was held last Saturday night.
• The snow in the high mountains has hardly started to melt and there will probably be another high water period this spring.
– Thursday, March 24, 1932, Grant County Journal
Women Quit Old Vocations
• Fewer Now Employed in What Were Considered the Most Suitable Feminine Activities
• Although women are much more generally employed in what the census calls “gainful occupations” tha n they used to be there are
decidedly fewer employed in what were formerly considered as the most suitable feminine activities. The census bureau has published
some figures bearing on the matter. In the state of New York, for example, there were actually fewer women teachers, telephone
operators and laundresses in 1920 than there were in 1910. As for the seamstresses and dressmakers, their number has diminished by
half. On the other hand, the number of stenographers has increased in ten years from 49,281 to 103,7 21. Those who are engaged in
clerical work are now 95,208, as against 27,191, and bookkeepers and cashers have increased from 33, 603 to 60,424. Incidentally, there
are now 233 women stevedores instead of 7, and 41 women policemen, where in 1910 there were none.
– Thursday, Feb. 28, 1924, Grant County Journal
Three Weeks Spent at Water-Hole to Film Tiger and Python Battle
• Frank Buck, hero to millions, brings to the world the breath-taking sound film record of his great est adventures, in Malaya, “Bring ‘Em
Back Alive,” which is being shown this week at the Prairie theatre.
• His book was a national best seller and thrilled millions of Hearst’s newspaper and Collier’s read ers for weeks. He is an outstanding
man in all the famous zoos. Three weeks were spent at one waterhole, in order to obtain a fight betw een a tiger and a 30 foot python-
these animals will always fight whenever they meet – but the time was spent waiting for these two an imals to arrive at the water hole at
the same time- and is it a fight-. You will see thrills that have held his nation-wide readers spell -bound – but they are a thousand times
more thrilling on the screen. Things that no civilized man had ever beheld.
– Thursday, Feb. 9, 1933, Grant County Journal
Valentine Party and Dance Will Be a Big Affair
• Grand music, a good floor and beautiful decorations will greet all comers to the Prairie City Hall this Saturday night when the Prairie
City High School Alumni Ass’n gets under way with their big valentine party and benefit dances and s o far have never disappointed
anyone.
• On Saturday, Feb. 12, they are giving a dance and party, the entire proceeds of which will go to t he Grant County Hospital.
• The famous Shane’s Aristocrats of Boise, Ida., will play for the dance and during the evening favo rs will be given to everyone
attending. The hall has been decorated for the festivity and everyone should have a grand time.
– Thursday, Feb. 10, 1938, Grant County Journal
CONGRATULATIONS to these businesses for their service to Grant County
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Grant County
Automotive
200 E Main St.
John Day
541-575-0211
JOHN DAY
721 W. Main
John Day
541-575-1850
300 Highlan Terrace
PO Box 267
Mt. Vernon, OR
541-932-4613
bmtvcable.com
BOYER’S
CASH STORE
Family Owned Since 1927
335 John Day Street
Monument
541-934-2290
MOBILE GLASS
YEARS
27825 Wilderness Rd
John Day
541-575-1055
YEARS
130 South Canyon Blvd.
John Day
541-575-0544
28
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101
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Frontier
Equipment
250 E. Main St.
John Day
541-932-4777
One Telephone Drive,
Mt. Vernon
541-932-4411
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6
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32
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53
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GARDNER’S
ENTERPRISES
139 E Main St.
John Day
541-575-1637
John Day
161 E. Main Street
John Day
541-575-0632
Cowboy Chapel
106 NW 7th Avenue
John Day, OR 97845
541-620-4255
B OYD
B RITTON
W ELDING , I NC .
841 W. Hwy 26,
John Day, OR
541-575-0763
GIBCO AG &
INDUSTRIAL
YEARS
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48
26
195 NE 2nd Ave
John Day
541-575-1410
Serving Eastern Oregon
Since 1979
160 E. Main, John Day
541-575-2121
Duke
Warner
Realty
YEARS
215 South Fork Road
Dayville, OR 97845
541-932-4493
YEARS
821 W. Hwy. 26
John Day
541-575-0828
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RUSSELL ’ S
Custom Meats
YEARS
312 Canyon City East Rd.
John Day
541-575-2050
YEARS
235 N. Canyon City Blvd.
Canyon City
541-575-0720
YEARS
210 E. Main St.
John Day
541-932-4520
YEARS
700 S. Canyon Blvd.
John Day, OR
541-575-1786
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Land Title Company of
Grant County
145 SE Dayton St.
John Day
541-575-1529
Mills
Building
Supply
751 W. Main
John Day, OR 97845
541-575-1021
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Jeannette Hueckman
101 W. Main St.
John Day
541-575-2073
John Day River
Veterinary Center
Laura Meadows, Dvm
Colleen Robertson, DVM
Julie Stafford, DVM
59989 Hwy 26
John Day
541-932-4428