History
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
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Feb. 17, 1916
Grant County Journal
100 years ago
ing the store with a block of
ice. To the store, ice was as
necessary as “sugar in the
bin.”
Ice-houses were used to
the 1920’s. In later years the
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and the Meat Shop in John
Day froze ice by the modern
methods.
One Old Timer recalls
another remarking; “Every-
thing equalizes its self – The
rich man has ice in the Sum-
mer, and the poor man in the
winter”!
J.A. Shields of John Day
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der the new prohibition law.
He plead guilty before the
justice at John Day, and was
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Feb. 14, 1941
Blue Mountain Eagle
75 years ago
Was Bad Day for Sherm
Guttridge
It was a bad day for
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He started the day build-
ing a fence. He got a long
sliver in his hand that went
to the bone and that complet-
ed fence building for a day.
But he could ride horseback
and rest sitting down, but
the horse stumbled and fell
and that “Limped” him up
all over. To finish the day
he went to the blacksmith.
Working with some steel a
hot splinter struck him in
the breast and it went to the
bone and would have pen-
etrated the lung had not a
friendly rib barred the way.
That took a little surgery and
then, he called it a day.
And it was not Friday the
13th.
Feb. 14, 1991
Blue Mountain Eagle
25 years ago
From the Feb. 17, 1966 edition of the Blue Mountain
Eagle: Dick Merrill looks over the shoulder of Neale
Ledgerwood at a letter informing them they were
selected to the Oregon State honor chorus.
Second annual sled dog
races planned at Lake
Creek Camp
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ty has not had much snow
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John Day still has about
eight to 10 inches on the
socials were popular. Large of the sawdust, weighted
quantities were consumed at and sold. It was a common
the 4th of July celebrations, sight to see customers leav-
which were celebrated in a
large way in each commu-
nity.
Each year when the
weather was ready to “break”
or thaw, crews of men with
wagons and teams would go
to the deeper holes or ponds
in the creeks, where the ice
would be frozen from 12 to
18 inches. (Sometimes ice
ponds were made by filling
holes or depressions with
water, then letting it freeze
Feb. 17, 1966
to the desired thickness.)
Blue Mountain Eagle
They had a special mark-
50 years ago
ing board used to measure
Old Timer Says
or draw out the ice blocks
There is a very interesting before cutting, so that they
picture in the museum, taken would be uniform in size
in 1895 showing the ice cut- and shape. They could then
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common in those days, at saw the blocks of ice. They
many homes, ranches and were then transported by
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a must for the hot summer ice-house, where it was cov-
months when the favorite ered with sawdust and kept
beverage was lemonade, and through the summer.
there was an ever present
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made ice cream.
Merchandise Store. When
A familiar sight was fam- someone wanted a block,
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ilies and friends gathered in it was grabbed by ice tongs
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the yards, under trees, en- from the mound of sawdust,
EVERY
OTHER TUESDAY
joying a freezer or freezers placed on a rack where it
of the ice cream. Ice cream was rinsed free of some
ground — enough to con-
duct the second annual
sled-dog races this Satur-
day and Sunday. Last year
the races drew 32 partici-
pants and over 100 specta-
tors.
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events is scheduled to begin
at 10 a.m. and run to about
4 p.m. The planned order of
events for each day is 10-
dog class (the distance of
each race is approximately
one mile for each dog run),
eight-dog, pee wee, six-dog,
four-dog and novice. The
entire pee wee and novice
class events can be observed
by the spectators and there-
fore are usually good crowd
pleasers.
Public transportation to
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ing provided by the Peo-
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day round trip and lunch is
Food and non-alcohol-
ic beverages are available
at a concession stand in-
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lodge. Drinking water is
not provided to the camp
facilities.
Tickets for door prizes
and rides for children are
also available.
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Saturday, Feb. 27
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140 NE Dayton 4-8 p.m.
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