Looking Back: A Glimpse Through The Chronicle’s Files page A9 September 3, 2006 20 Years Ago, September 3, 1986 A plea to save a large elm tree on West Fourth Street and a proposal to turn Civic Auditorium into a museum come before the city council at its meeting Tuesday night. The request to save the tree and the reasons for saving it will become part of a study on general street improvements in that area. The request for use of Civic Auditorium was passed off to the Northern Wasco County Park and Recreation District, which now has responsibility for that building. Noise caused by juveniles who cruise the downtown area and congregate at the parking lot across from two motels on West Second Street came before the city council when it met Tuesday night, but other than asking for public cooperation, there doesn’t appear to be too much the city can do about the problem. The complaint about the noise came in a letter from the management of the Oregon Motor Motel, who said the noise had caused frequent complaints from guests and had led to repeated calls to police. 40 Years Ago, September 3, 1966 A special event that will bring two Oregon Congressmen to The Dalles in on Tuesdays schedule. At 11 a.m. there will be a ceremony at the Celilo Converter Station site dedicating that area for its future role as northern terminus of high voltage direct-current intertie power lines the Southwest. Rep. Robert Duncan will give the dedicatory address. At a no-host luncheon sponsored by The Dalles Chamber of Commerce the principal speaker will be Rep. Al Ullman. The weekly Friday night two ball play at The Dalles Country Club came to an end this week and Ben Koch and Mrs. Joe McNaught took the low gross honors and two couples tied for low net honors. Low gross score was a 41 in the final week of play. Tied for low net honors with 35 ¼ were Lee Steward and Mrs. Malcolm Wilkerson and Mr. and Mrs. C.H. Urness. The Berean Class of The Dalles Evangelical United Brethern [sic] Church met last week for a pot luck dinner and program. Twenty four attended and Mrs. Maggie McClure and Mrs. Lula Kennaly were visitors. 60 Years Ago, September 3, 1946 The city natatorium was officially closed today after one of the most successful seasons since it was built in 1939. Manager Robert L. Murray said the pool was closed even though a week remains before the opening of the city schools because of the scarcity of help and the cool weather which has caused a drop in attendance figures during the last week. Work has been resumed on excavation of the basement that will be installed at the A.M. Williams & Company store. Obstructions, unforeseen by the architect when plans for the basement were drawn, now are being overcome it was reported. Alfred Johnson is directing the excavation. Three more large J.H. Hale peaches, declared to be “record breakers” were brought in today for entrance in the unofficial “peach derby” that has developed during the current harvest. The largest of the peaches, grown on the Arthur Anderson farm in the Mill Creek area, weighed 20 ounces. 80 Years Ago, September 3, 1926 All previous attendance records were broken with the advent of Dalles Day today at the 14th annual Southern Wasco County Fair at Tygh Valley. Even Dalles Day last year, when the fair was so generously patronized by local people, could not meet the figures reached at the gate today. A resolution favoring sponsoring a county fair in or near The Dalles was passed at the Pomona Grange meeting at the Mill Creek hall Wednesday. A resolution to hold a poultry and stock show at Dufur this year was also passed. The complete probe into the receivership of French & Co., insolvent bank, by the depositors and creditors will be carried through, it was announced today, following communications from the William Whitfield company, auditing the records for the depositors. The thorough investigation, launched in July following a circuit court order based on the recommendations of a depositors committee, will be resumed here next Tuesday. 100 Years Ago, September 4, 1906 Frankie Meriele, a 16-year-old girl whose mother lives in The Dalles, and Joseph Preston, a cook, were arrested by Patrolman Lytle last night and held as elopers under $500 bonds in each case. The girl admitted having fallen in love with Preston and leaving her home with him. She has been in Portland three weeks. Her mother, she said, has refused to give her consent to her marriage to Preston. Some have said that gamblers wouldn’t be arrested no matter what the law is on the question, but three men in The Dalles can deny that assertion. They are William Foster, Jack Ward and Owen Matthews, who were playing a game of poker in the saloon of the latter on First Street about 5 o’clock this morning, when Marshal Woods surprised them and took them into custody. Incoming and Outgoing messages protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program