The Dalles Chronicle August 24, 2003 Researched and compiled by Craig Coleman. 40 Years Ago, August 24, 1963 Sheriff Ernie Mosier will remain on duty to "cover" for newly appointed Sheriff Sterling Trent until the latter returns from vacation, the Wasco County Court said Friday afternoon. Trent, whose appointment was announced yesterday, is scheduled to take the oath of office Wednesday, September 11, a regular County Court meeting day. The bag and possession limits on chukar and Hungarian partridges are increased this year. There's a good reason. More birds, Paul Ebert, game agent in the Mid-Columbia area, recorded the increase in the Wasco and Sherman units in the spring trend count taken in February, March and April, and during the production inventory the last week of July and the first week of August. 60 Years Ago, August 24, 1943 William Stevens said all he wanted was a striped bass. Instead, he hooked a blonde swimming with her boyfriend - an army sergeant who didn't like it. Both men were charged with disturbing the peace, but were released - after Stevens was warned to watch where he tosses his hooks hereafter. Staff Sergeant Charles F. Reese, who is stationed at Hammer Field near Fresno (California) with a bomber squadron, is in The Dalles visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.E. Reese. He arrived in The Dalles by bus, having come by plane from California to Portland in three hours. Sergeant Reese has been in the service three years, having enlisted before finishing high school. 80 Years Ago, August 24, 1923 The famous Whitney boys' chorus of the Willamette valley will give an open-air concert tomorrow evening, beginning at 8 o'clock in Union Street park. The chorus, which is singing at Hood River (Oregon) tonight, will be represented by 150 of its best singers, one of whom is said to have the second highest trained boy's voice in the United States. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (U.P.I.) - The city hall cat engaged in a death struggle with a large rat atop the council table, according to the janitor, but the cat decided that she didn't want to carry the thing that far and deserted the battle room. The rat ran her out of the room, down the stairs into the street. The cat hasn't come back. 100 Years Ago, August 24, 1903 The weather has been so beautiful and the days so rare for this time of the year that Mr. Lake thought it was June and has been dishing out marriage licenses lavishly. Saturday he gave his consent for W.L. Smith and E.F. Ward, of Kingsley (Oregon), to become one, and this morning was as accommodating to Gabriel Hardison and Mrs. Ruth Dickerson, of Lyle (Washington), and J.M. O'Brien and Helen Strachan, of Dufur (Oregon). If the weather permits next Sunday, John Leland Henderson, the well-known attorney of Hood River will give an exhibition of his expert swimming, making the trip from this city to Hood River, a distance of twenty two miles. Mr. Henderson is 52 years old and is the champion swimmer of these parts. "I'm glad I'm livin" was the sentiment which Judge G.C. Blakeley expressed when he met his friends this afternoon as he stepped off the train. This was not an unusual sentiment for the Judge, who always makes the most of life; but considering the fact that he was aboard the Elkes' train which was wrecked near Chehalis (Washington) Saturday. 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 Browse http://historysavers.com/orwasco/ recently updated information regarding Wasco County - Links are at the bottom of page http://searches.rootsweb.com/ "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." Robert Louis Stevenson _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8: Get 6 months for $9.95/month http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup