POLK'S WASCO COUNTY DIRECTORY 1910 TYGH VALLEY pages 149 - 150 Population 90. A village thirty miles south of The Dalles, and fifteen south of Dufur, the banking location and shipping station on the Great Southern Railway. Has a United Brethren church, numerous stores and two flour mills. Express, American. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.'s service. Stage connections with Dufur and way points, Kingsley, Victor, Wamic and Wapinitia, daily. DAVIES, JOSEPH, Postmaster and Drugs. Elwood J L, phys. Fraley O M, blksmth. Harper J T, gen mdse. Harper Mrs J T, milliner. McCorkle W M, flour mill. Martin AF, blksmth. Morrow & Butler, gen mdse. Wing CW, hotel. Wing Mrs Lou, conf. Young & Son, meats. Woodcock & Young, flour mill. VICTOR A postoffice 125 miles southeast of Portland and 37 south of The Dalles, 27 south of Dufur, the banking, express, telegraph and shipping point, on the Great Southern Railway. Sustains United Brethren church. Farmers Telephone Co. Mail daily. TALCOTT WM H, Postmaster and Gen Mdse. 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.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ for recently updated information regarding Wasco County. Links are at the bottom of the page.

POLK'S WASCO COUNTY DIRECTORY 1910 page 148 - 149 SIMNASHO Population 10. A postoffice established in August 6, 1886 on the Warm Springs Indian reservation, sixty miles south of The Dalles the banking point, and forty-five south of Dufur, the Great Southern Railway shipping station. United Presbyterian Indian Mission in charge of J.A. Speer. Telephone connections with Warm Springs and Wapinitia. Stage to The Dalles via Wapinitia, with mail tri-weekly. SPEER J S, Postmaster. SMOCK First settled in 1885, on White river and Gate creek, forty five miles south of The Dalles, thirty south of Dufur, the shipping station and banking town. Baptist church. Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.'s service TAYLOR A postoffice on Fifteen-mile creek, eight miles from Dufur, the banking and shipping point, and fifteen miles south of The Dalles. Has Dufur Local and Long Distance Telephone. Cotton Lydia Cotton Wm Dawson Grace TAYLOR ALBERT, Postmaster and General Merchandise Taylor Loie Taylor Verna 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.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ for recently updated information regarding Wasco County. Links are at the bottom of the page.

October 1901 Term. Trial Jurors: E.G. Messinger John Simpson J.F. Lucas Johannes Johnson Adam Keast Samuel McDonald W.L. Smith F.W. Matthias W.H. Morehouse George E. Thompson J.L. Van Winkle O.P. King J.W. Messinger Henry Medler A.S. Porter Ray Weld Archie McDermid E.H. Moore G.W. Schwartz P.W. McDonald Henry Krause L.H. Martin J.R. Kaseberg Frank Iams James Stewart Robert Jones F.S. Lamborn W. Stone Frank Morrow James Woods John Medler. (This ends series of Trial and Grand Jurors list) Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg

March 1901 Term. Trial Jurors: Charles Schadewitz Angus Kuks Joe Ornduff F.M. Rayburn John C. Kaseberg E.L. Weld R.A. Murray John Lynch J.B. Wheat James Mitchel [sic] George Strachn H.C. Ruggles John Bressler J.W. Smith J.H. Johnson George Lamborn George Strong Perry Strong Ezra Sexton A.C. Thompson Niel [sic] McDonald L.L. Minton A.M. Wright Ed. Mack W.A. Murchie Herman Pape J.W. Leonard Henry Root W.L. Lamborn Henry Link C.H. Stranahan W.V. Johnson J.P. McMillin A. Nish John Reckman. No grand jurors listed. Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg

Nothing for 1897 through 1899. October 1900 Term. Trial Jurors: E.J. Rasmussen B. Cramer R. Rasmussen Angus Cameron Frank Payne J.C. Coy R.C. Wallis T.B. Searcy Taylor Bergin W.A. Wallis Horace Strong C.N. Gilman Charles H. Tom Joseph Sanders Henry Goetjen T.D. Williams C.D. Huck D.S. Young W.E. Allison Martin Holman C.A. Heath M.A. Potter J.G. Walker John McDermid P.M. Ruggles William Currie Dan McLachlan Elwood Thompson H.K. Porter Henry Peters Charles Hulse. No grand jurors listed. Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg

March 1896 Term. Trial Jurors: L.R. French A. Dillinger Charles D. Hayner George E. Thompson C.F. French I.H. Maxwell J.A. Thompson J.A. Walter J.J. Thompson T.J. Farra George W. Ramey W.H. Moore Lysander Madden Thomas Vanlandingham Charles Belchee O.P. Hulse J.W. Messinger M.L. Smith Harry King William Elliott B.F. Medler D.W. Huff P.M. Ruggles J.M. Parry James Woods O.P. King Frank Payne T.M. Anderson L.W. Hunting R. Booten J.H. Elliott Hugh McIntyre J.O. Powell G.F. Boyd All Sterling [sic] J.M. Florer F.E. Seeley O.C. Eakin George N. Bolton Ezra Sexton E.C. Davis John Sienknecht Carl Peetz E. Peoples H.A. Thompson. Grand Jurors: A.M. Wright P.F. Peddicord J.D. Gibson E.H. Moore William Rose George Lamborn. Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg

October 1895 Term. Trial Jurors: John Kaseberg J.H. Fraser William Macnab Charles Hulse A. Happold W.A. Hunter John Medler J.M. Hansen B.M. Brown Casper Grassli Thomas Callaghan L.H. Martin Ed Mack A.K. Fuller J.B. Mowry D.H. Curl E.A. Cushman Charles Hill Simon Elcock H.A. Page. Grand Jurors: B.F. Johnson J.M. Dunahoo M. Damon W.C. Fuller Fred Jones A.B. Craft J.W. Booth Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg

March 1895 Term. Trial Jurors: John P. Neece A. Holder Grant Hawley O.J. Bales M.G. Johnson H. Gosch W.A. Murchie John Hays A. Grosser W.S. Barzee B.T. Hailey H. Goetjen F.M. French Dan McLachlan C.A. Heath O.B. Messinger George N. Crosfield J.D. McDermid Henry Krause Robert Jones D.W. Huff R.C. Kenny C.M. Andrews. Grand Jurors: J.B. McGrath H.A. Moore B. Cramer Peter Knudson Ed Merrill Hans Hansen George C. Fridley Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg

October 1894 Term. Trial Jurors: F.H. Smith Frank Fulton G.W. Long T. Vanlandingham Louis Hirlbert Dixon McDonald H. Schadewitz James Woods William Peugh F.L. Barnett John Mathison F.W. Van Patten C.C. Masiker John Sienknecht Henry Link Hiram Powell C.W. Moore Perry Watkins J.D. Gibson John Christianson J.R. Venable R.M. Starns Frank Payne William Kaseberg Henry Kaseberg R. Booten J.B. Holman James Weir Elwood Thompson. Grand Jurors: J.A. Dickerson E.H. Moore C.W. Diekman H. Dierks C.K. Huff Harvey Smith E.D. West. Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg

March 1894 Term: Trial Jurors: William Bozarth B.N. Anson James McMillan J.L. Brock Sherman Huff A.M. Wright F.E. Robinson James Woods Ira McDonald E.M. Froebe William Thompson John Medler William McNeil J.R. Johnson E.A. Cushman W.E. McLeod G.F. Boyd Emmit Olds I.N. Lemon O.C. Eakin M.L. Smith E.M. Hines Allen Gilmour M.A. Van Gilder M. Beagan John Henrichs J.A. Thompson J.E. Forbis J.W. Messinger J.R. Belshee G.D. Woodworth E. Simmons J.F. Belshee C.H. Belchee L.I. Dam John Walters George E. Thompson John Simpson R.M. Starns H. Laughter Charles Akers T.B. Searcy Henry Myers Samuel Carson Talmon Newcomb Grand Jurors: William Macnab E.C. Davis Henry Dice J.C. Uren W.M. King E. Siscel J.B. Wheat Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg

WASCO - SUNRISE CEMETERY FUNDRAISING CONTINUES Friends of Sunrise Cemetery at Wasco- Dewey Thomas, Pat Macnab, Marjorie Van Gilder, Mark Fields, Sherry Kaseberg and Theron Richelderfer-received timely and generous support for two projects that were completed in August 2002: the upgrading and automating of the irrigation system and the purchase of a riding lawnmower. Community members volunteered their time and expertise to operate the trencher and install pipe, sprinklers and the timer. Thank you, one and all! The next project, the upgrading the perimeter fencing using some of the current historic fencing material with new posts, will cost about $4,500. Checks may be made to Wasco Cemetery Association, a recognized charitable organization for which contributions are tax deductible... P.O. Box 93, Wasco, OR 97065. For more information call Kaseberg at: 541-442-5514.

BASHAM, Roy Edsel, 75, a resident of Hood River (Oregon), died Thursday, October 10, at his home. (Columbia Cremation & Burial). The Dalles Chronicle October 10, 2002 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.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy

Sherman County: For The Record, Vol. 6 No. 2, Fall 1988, published by the Sherman County Historical Society, Moro, Oregon 97039 http://shermanmuseum.org page 40 "Jay Price, an early day historian who grew up at Sand Springs (Oregon) on the stage route west of Wasco (Oregon, Sherman County), wrote what he remembered of the early days for local newspapers." (As to the era he wrote them in, this will require further research.) Sherman County: For The Record books are available on the above website. Click the Publications link on their webpage. Earline Thank you for the Jay Price memoirs. I am just curious who he is and what year were these stories written? Thanks. > > Becky

October 1893 Term. Trial Jurors: F.M. Rayburn Charles Buhman G.W. Jennings? L.W. Hunting J.D. Nave J.O. Thompson O.J. Bales James Fraser J.M. Powell B.F. Pike J.A. Reid David Fulton Miles Rader Henry Hennagin William Tate S.B. Holmes George B. Bourhill W.J. Peddicord Ed Smith A.B. Potter J.B. Small Alf Dillinger O.E. Leet William Merrill D.W. Huff O.P. King W.H. Rose M.A. Potter J.B. Mowry M.D. Adams J.R. Martin John Donohue John Landry. Grand Jurors: Henry Root W.E. White Frank Sayrs E. Peoples L.K. Moore J.B. McGrath Louis Schadewitz. *****

March 1893 Term: Trial Jurors: John Mathieson C.C. Huck P.W. McDonald W.E. McLeod Robert Jones O.W. Richardson Charles Akers A.C. Huff Angus Cameron Dan McLachlan C.F. Fulton William Froebe William Elliott J.H. Johnson W.C. Herin Elwood Thompson G.W. Dugger C. Dunlap H.C. McDanel R.A. Murray O.P. King Peter Knudson G.C. Vintin E.W. Garlick C.H. Schwartz J.M. Dunahoo John Potter C.W. Diekman L.V. Moore A.D. McDonald Delbert Porter G.W. Mark Allan Gilmour Charles Hill J.B. Mowry J.W. Booth E.B. Penland. Grand Jurors: G.P. Higinbothom J.B. Morrison James Weir John Lynch Adolph Happold W.M. Reynolds Fred Krusow. [spelling as found] Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg, July 2000.

October 1892 Term: Trial Jurors: William Froebe Joseph Marsh P.W. McDonald Mason Hines W.F. Guyton J.H. Coyl C.C. Kuney J.B. Mowery E.C. Davis Charles Moore W.E. McLeod C. Penrose John A. Elder William Irvine Edmund Mack W.B. McCoy H.E. Powell T.J. Farra Frank Pike B.S. Kelsey A.R. Doan Grant Hawley. Grand Jurors: J.L. Holland T.C. Neece H.T. Murchie M.A. Potter Alex Armstrong C.J. Herrin B.C. Cramer. [spelling as found] Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg, July 2000.

October 1891 Term Trial Jurors: Edward Mack N. Draper John Graham G.W. Mark J.R. Belshe J.R. Howell J.D. Nave C.W. Phelps M. Damon J. McMillin N.P. Hansen H.A. Ritchie J.O. Thompson A.D. McDonald James Somers O.W. Richardson S.J. Andrews R.A. Murray R.J. Ginn H. Richelderfer. [spelling as found] Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg, July 2000.

March 1890 Term: Trial Jurors: D. McCallum J.W. Coats George W. Long B.F. Hailey W.S. Barzee M.L. Smith Warren Myers Dan McLachlan J.H. McLean Emmitt Olds Charles Hill N.P. Johnson M.P. Smith H. Murchie W.V. Johnson Uriah Serviss Rufus Moore George Benadom Robert Morrison J.J. Garlington Josiah March [Marsh] S.S. Hayes J.J. McDonald R.H. King H.S. McDanel W.H. Henrichs W.R. Fowler. Grand Jurors: J.M. Powell J.B. Small W.H. Peugh W.H. Rose W.H. Moore Andrew Murchie J.H. Reed. ***** [spelling as found] Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg, July 2000.

Sherman County, Oregon Register of Trial and Grand Jurors. [spelling as found] Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg, July 2000. October 1889 Term: Trial Jurors George H. Peterson P. King Henry Root Ezra Sexton John A. Smith N.W. Thompson J.J. Schaeffer P.J. Barnett George W. Coy George W. Bates C.C. Ragsdale Victor McDonald George W. James Archie McDermid Alex McIntosh W.C. Fuller W.J. Peddicord R.W. Brock Frank E. Robinson. Grand Jurors: John Briscoe J.M. Benson William H. Koontz A.F. Hawley Harrison Neece Ben Andrews H. Lanphear. *****

Sheriffs of Sherman County Elected terms were two years until 1921 when they became four year terms. Enos Miles Leslie 1889-1894 appointed by Governor Pennoyer William Holder 1894-1900 Thomas R. McGinnis 1900-1904 William Benj. McCoy 1904-1908 J.C. Freeman 1908-1913 James Carroll McKean 1913-1917 Phil Buxton 1917-1920 Hugh Chrisman 1920-1936-37 Charles Wilson 1937-1946 Norman Fields 1946-1957 George Geiser 1957-1960 appointed Leo C. Roberts 1960- Gerald Lohrey Gerry Massey Brad A. Lohrey Submitted by Sherry Kaseberg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A History of the Oregon Sheriffs 1841-1991 by Linda McCarthy, published by The Oregon State Sheriffs' Association: Co-editors: Judith A. Gage and H.W. Bill Hawley is available. Library of Congress Catalog Number 91-61429 http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/sheriff/history.htm The above link is slow to load (on my computer because of all the graphics on page). Earline