Looking Back: A Glimpse Through The Chronicle’s Files February 27, 2005 Compiled by Elroy King 40 Years Ago, February 27, 1965 Friday was the final day of city employment for Dale Stump, who for nine years has served as resident operator of The Dalles city’s filter plant at Wicks Reservoir. Stump, who is going into private employment, worked for the city a number of years before taking the assignment at the headworks of the city’s gravity water system on the South Fork of Mill Creek. Lyle (Washington) stayed in the running for a berth to the state tournament by knocking Kittitas (Washington) out of the district competition Friday night 76-62. Don White took the scoring honors for the Cougars with 22. The Great Old Southern depot building is now on its new site, across Second street from its original location on property excavated by Grover Keller. He purchased the building from the city recently. The building is still on scaffolding, pending the installation of permanent foundations. Extensive alterations are planned before it is ready for occupancy. 80 Years Ago, February 27, 1925 Two local young men, Frank Tyler and Orville Cochran are students at the Kirksville Osteopathic College in Kirksville, Missouri according to word received from the latter. The young men are both members of the Atlas club, an organization which takes as members students who excel in their work according to Mr. Cochran. Dr. E.M. Lyda, Kirksville, has established a large practice there, according to Mr. Cochran and spends some time teaching class. The new meat market of C.E. Huston which has been installed in half of the premises by Hewitt, the painter, on East Second street will be opened tomorrow it was reported this morning. The paint store has been partitioned through the center. Huston taking one half and Hewitt retaining the other section. 100 Years Ago, February 27, 1905 Again The Dalles has suffered from fire. This time one of our finest buildings being damaged, the total damage being estimated at $28,000. “A scalded child dreads the fire” and so when the alarm sounded about 6:15 last evening and our people hastened from their homes to find smoke pouring from the drug store of A.E. Crosby in the Vogt block, the dread seized them and they feared a repetition of form experiences. It was a stubborn fire, one where the demon itself did not show its real hand to the spectator but sent volume after volume of smoke to herald its presence, baffle the firemen and keep all in terror as to the extent of its working. Its origin is also a mystery. Written permission to reprint given by The Dalles Chronicle, The Dalles, Oregon Copied and submitted by Earline Wasser Member of Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society c/o The Dalles/Wasco County Public Library 722 Court Street The Dalles, Oregon 97058 http://community.gorge.net/genealogy [Note: new website address] Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page The Dalles Chronicle http://www.thedalleschronicle.com/ http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson Incoming and Outgoing mail protected by Trend Micro PC-cillin program