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A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM COMMUNITY HERMISTON HISTORY WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2017 THREE MINUTES WITH ... Hermiston makes treaty trip to Portland 25 YEARS AGO baskets so that there will be plenty to go around. A truck will leave from the Tum-A- Lum corner at 7 a.m. sharp each morning and will stop at the Texaco station for free transportation to the hop yard and back. AUGUST 25, 1992 • From an editorial: A three-hour drive west on Interstate 84 can some- times seem like a trip to another world, but a few hearty souls led a voyage of exploration Friday, which could reap untold rewards. Representatives from East- ern Oregon — and Hermis- ton in particular — set off on a journey to negotiate a treaty of sorts with Portland city offi cials. The Hermis- ton area ambassadors car- ried gifts to give to leaders and residents of Portland in a gesture of good faith and friendship. The party carries products common to our native soil — water- melons, onions, potatoes, carrots and other produce. The group was warmly received in that some- what foreign land known as Portland. The trip was purely a promotional tour, and that is nothing to be ashamed of because there are many people west of the Cascades who remain ignorant of the people, places and products pro- duced in Eastern Oregon. Hermiston Mayor Frank Harkenrider is to be com- mended for successfully capturing the attention and interest of Portland Mayor Bud Clark, city employees and metropolitan media. With two pickup loads of produce donated by local area farmers and business- es, Harkenrider, Clark and their colleagues have done more to educate the mass- es in the Willamette Val- ley then a hundred press releases and promotional pamphlets could ever hope to achieve. 50 YEARS AGO AUGUST 24, 1967 • A burglary at the Uma- tilla County Fair offi ce be- tween 5 p.m. Aug. 17 and 8:45 a.m. Aug. 18 was re- ported to Hermiston police by Barbara Estoup, fair board cecretary. At the fair offi ce, an envelope with a check for $90 was opened but the check was not tak- en, but another envelope was opened and $10 taken. The new 4-H building also was entered but apparently nothing taken. Upon inves- tigation police ascertained that entry was gained by breaking a hole 14- by 26-inches in the north window of the Fair offi ce, sliding open the window and entering. The person then went into the main of- fi ce an tore open the check envelope and the also tore open the other envelope that was in a desk drawer and took the $10 cash. • A mass of twisted met- al and darkened posts is all 100 YEARS AGO AUGUST 25, 1917 HERALD ARCHIVES TOP, Members of the Hermiston-area delegation take over the Portland mayor’s offi ce during a trip to Portland to pose for a photograph. Hermiston Mayor Frank Harkenrider sat at Portland Mayor Bud Clark’s desk (Clark is behind him) while other members of the delegation fl ank the two mayors. ABOVE, A blazing show barn at Northwest Livestock Commission facilities on Highway 30 is part of the fi re that destroyed a horse barn, weighing offi ce, a restaurant on Aug. 18. Estimated losses due to the fi rst totaled $75,000. One Hermiston fi refi ghter, Dusty Harris, was injured during efforts to save offi ce equipment. that remains of $75,000 worth of Northwest Live- stock Commission facili- ties after an intensely hot, quickly spreading fi re raced through a weighing offi ce, a restaurant, a horse barn, a horse parlor and a pigpen area Friday evening, Aug. 18. Don Wink and Everett Snyder of Hermiston are the owners of the North- western Livestock Com- mission, located about six miles west of Hermiston, on Highway 30. 75 YEARS AGO AUGUST 20, 1942 • Umatilla County’s population, growing by leaps and bounds, is now estimated at 37,254, an in- crease of 11,275 over the 1940 census of 25,979. This fi gure, computed by the county rationing board, is the result of fi nd- ings reached through the board’s industrial land in- stitutional setup, reports Mrs. Anna Crago, head of the sugar rationing regis- tration. Such registrations, considered a reasonably accurate method of deter- mining population, include the following totals in the sugar sign-up: Pendleton 16,825; Hermiston 8,897; and Milton, 6,107. Regis- trations were taken at these points and represents both city and rural residents. • Picking operations at the LW Dixson hop yards four miles east of Herm- iston will get underway Tuesday, Aug. 25, accord- ing to Mr. Dixson who re- ports a bumper crop. Ap- proximately 250 pickers will be needed to harvest the 1942 crop. Pickers and other laborers should reg- ister for work immediately so that activities can begin with full speed ahead. Mr. Dixson stated that he has obtained a number of new • Word was received here the fi rst of the week to the effect that the sec- ond of the two robbers that burglarized the Hermiston Post Offi ce on the night of March 22 last had been ap- prehended and that his trial would take place in Port- land on Thursday or Friday of this week. It will be re- membered that one of the robbers was captured by a posse a day or two follow- ing the looting of the local post offi ce, the other elud- ing the hunters in making his escape. For the crime the one who was captured is now serving a term of six years in the federal prison on McNeill’s is- land, and it is likely the one recently taken will re- ceive a like sentence. • Replacement of the old planks by installation of new ones in the railroad crossing near the depot was an improvement ordered by the company that took place in this city the latter part of last week. For years upon years — nearly as log as the oldest “old timer” can remember — the cross- ing had been an eyesore and a nerve wrecker to au- toists and drivers of vehi- cles having occasion to use it. So thin has the planking become worn, in fact, that from the time a vehicle or auto struck the tracks on either side it was a series of “bump the bumps,” to the utter disgust of those who used it, whether on busi- ness or pleasure bent. But the long suffering public has at last been relieved to some extent, though it is far from being an admi- rable crossing yet. After such a long wait for this improvement the people of Hermiston extend heartfelt thanks to the railway com- pany. Don’t just live life... Hear Life. Verna Taylor, HAS • Ric Jones, BC-HIS Forrest Cahill, HAS 541-567-4063 • 405 N. 1st St., Suite #107, Hermiston 541-215-1888 • 246 SW Dorion, Pendleton MOFE HD CHANNELS, FASTEF INTEFNET AND UNLIMITED VOICE. NAKUL BUTTA Owner, Rodeway Inn When and why did you move to Hermiston? I moved here in January 2008 because of a business opportunity. What is your favorite place to eat in Herm- iston? Kobe and Delish. What do you like to do in your spare time? Nothing — I work. What surprises you about Hermiston? Probably the pace of growth the city has achieved. What was the last book you read? I don’t read books at all. I read articles on the in- ternet. The last one I read was about a new hotel coming in downtown Portland. It was a good read — pretty interesting. What app or website do you use most often other than Facebook? I use LinkedIn quite a bit. If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Probably Italy or Singapore. What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap- pened to you? I had a Mexican guy that barely spoke English tell me to go back to my own country. That’s pretty com- ical. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? Probably to acquire more businesses. What is your proudest accomplishment? 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