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History Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, September 13, 2017 A9 O UT OF THE P AST 75 years ago Sept. 11, 1942 County Defense Council surveying tire situation The Grant County Defense Council is undertaking a sur- vey of the tire problems of this county in order that they may present a brief, setting forth the present and future needs of the county, to the State Ra- tioning Office, according to Jess Allen, county judge and chairman of the council. It is the belief of the council mem- bers that Grant County has many special tire problems that have not, to date, been called to the attention of the state rationing officials. Judge Allen pointed out yesterday that it is obvious that many of the peculiar prob- lems of Grant County’s stock- men and lumbermen have not been taken into consideration in setting tire quotas. For this reason, the Defense Council feels it is the duty of the peo- ple of this county to present their problem and to back up this presentation with facts and figures. In this way, the county should be assured of its fair share of such tires as there may be available in the future. The Defense Council de- sires to have everyone who is eligible for tires communicate with Judge Allen, setting forth the number of pieces of rub- ber-tired equipment they own, the number of tires they have at this time and their antici- pated tire needs for the next six months. It is particularly important that the livestock operators of the county pro- vide this information, Allen said. 50 years ago Sept. 14, 1967 Panthers nail lopsided win over Falcons, 45-0 PRAIRIE CITY — In the opening moments of the first quarter, Dennis Flippence, 190-pound center, picked off an enemy aerial and raced 70 yards for a touchdown. That was the beginning of the end for Fossil and the beginning of a scoring exhi- bition for Prairie City as the Panthers romped to an easy 45-0 triumph over the visiting Wheeler County high school Falcons of Fossil. The Falcons could match the Panthers in size, but that was all. The fired up Panthers scored twice in every quarter but the fourth while holding the Falcons scoreless. “It was a team effort,” commented Coach Carl Mirich on the sur- prisingly easy win over the Falcons. Mirich praised his team for fine blocking and From Sept. 10, 1992: Bill Davis (left) presents a belt buckle to Steve Miller of Seneca. Miller won an “Old Working Cowhands” contest sponsored by Patrick’s Saddlery and Fashion Crossroads. From Sept. 14, 1967: SWEEPSTAKE WINNER – The Grant County Bank float with the theme “Little Miss Muffett” was the sweepstake winner of the annual grand parade Saturday of the Grant County Fair. Riding the beautiful float as Miss Muffett was Mary Sproul, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sproul of Bear Valley. good defensive effort. The Falcons never could pene- trate the stout Prairie City line. Wheeler gained only 65 yards rushing. Prairie City de- fensive secondary was even tighter. Wheeler completed only one pass in nine attempts for 25 yards. The alert Panthers scored two touchdowns on in- terceptions. The fleet Panthers piled up 234 yards in 30 rush- ing plays and added 106 yards passing for 340 yards total of- fense. Wheeler, co-champions last year, was no match for the determined Panthers. Mo- ments after Flippence scored, Russell Ricco broke loose for this first of three touchdowns on a 41-yard run. Allen Periman intercept- ed a Wheeler pass and ran 62 yards to the end zone. Ricco scored again on another 41- yard run. Ricco scored his third TD of the evening on a 3-yard run to open the scoring in the third quarter. The Pan- thers took to the air and quar- terback Pat Voigt connected an aerial bomb to Periman on a swing pass for 85 yards and a touchdown. Periman is an all conference end transfer from Harper. In the final quarter, Voi- gt hit Mike Phillips with a 20-yarder. As usual, Ricco enjoyed a banner night. The hard-running back packed the ball on 11 trips for 154 yards, which was more than half of the total rushing yardage for the Panthers. Voigt gained 41 yards on six carries and Fred Winegar picked up 38 yards on seven attempts. Winegar led the Panthers’ defense with 10 tackles. Phillips caught two passes for 21 yards, Workman one for 10 yards and Periman one for 75 yards. Periman had a touchdown on an inter- cepted pass mollified on an unnecessary roughness pen- alty. The Panthers will meet the Baker jayvees at Prairie City at 2 p.m. The Prairie City jayvees will host Ukiah at 8 p.m. Friday. On Monday, the freshmen and sophomores will meet Grant Union High School freshmen at the Three Flags field at 7 p.m. mud and water from the Sil- vies River, which had flood- ed. They had been fed on a knoll of about four acres for 10 days or so. The railroad had cut a levee to release the water, which went out through the sagebrush and greasewood. It was a bog hole, and when the cattle hit it they bogged down and we had to pull them out with a team and horseback, eventu- ally getting them to Buchan- an and then onto Van. “The best all-around horse I ever had was a sorrel horse named Rusty. He was good at anything you want- ed him to do. You could rope calves, cows or whatever on him. He was also a good horse to cut cattle on. “The worst horse I ever owned was a big sorrel horse that was just plain mean. He would bite, kick and buck you off at the drop of a hat, and make you drop your hat to do it. The worst dog I ever had was a dumb greyhound. He didn’t have sense enough to eat when he was hungry. Once he took after a bird and went over a rim rock when the bird flew over it. I thought it had killed him, but no such luck — he lived.” 25 years ago Sept. 10, 1992 Seneca man wins “Old Working Cowhand” contest SENECA — Who is the best of the old working cow- hands? Well, Steve Miller, 75, of Seneca won the con- test recently sponsored by Pat and Shirley Lee of Pat- rick’s Saddlery and Bill and Bev Davis of Fashion Cross- roads. Entrants filled out an application that included questions about their hardest cowhand job and their best and worst dogs and horses. The prize was an ornate belt buckle. Here are excerpts from Miller’s winning applica- tion: “The hardest cowhand job I ever had was I was working for Ernest Larson when he bought 250 head of cattle from Percy West at the lake west of Lawen. West was supposed to deliver them to Buchanan, but failed to do this, so I had to drive them to Buchanan through 541-523-6377 541-963-6577 541-573-6377 541-576-2160 06145 REPORTER The Blue Mountain Eagle, a family-owned weekly newspaper in a stunningly beautiful Oregon community, seeks an energetic, dedicated reporter. 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