Looking Back: A Glimpse Through The Chronicle’s Files August 29, 2004 20 Years Ago, August 29, 1984 The Dalles Eagles have a new home. On Monday afternoon the Eagles completed transfer of title to the former Prairie Market Building and will move before the end of the year. Bob Masters, secretary of the Eagles, said that the plan is to renovate the building, beginning immediately. Martin Marietta committed to a three-month unchanged production at The Dalles and six-month at Goldendale (Washington) when it took BPA’s reduced power rate plan Thuesday. Mark Crisson, power manager for the company, said that “it means we’ve committed to keep going three months at The Dalles and six months at Goldendale. It does not mean we plan a reduction at that time. It means we are keeping our options open. If we need more power, we can buy it during the period.” Wasco County Clerk Sue Proffitt has rejected the application of one independent candidate for county commissioner and reports another lacks two names from having enough signatures to make the Nov. 6 ballot. Rejected was Bonnie Barlow’s petition. The second candidate who failed to get enough signatures was Mary Crawford. 40 Years Ago, August 29, 1964 Wasco County’s sweet cherry crop grossed an estimated $2,206,246 this year, Jack Thieness, county extension agent said Friday. This value was realized on a total estimated crop of 7,882 tons. Governor Albert D. Rosellini said Harvey Aluminum Company was considering two sites in Washington for construction of a multi-million dollar aluminum reduction plant. But the governor said he could not reveal either site “at this time.” 60 Years Ago, August 29, 1944 Emerging from a haystack in which he had been hiding, Charles Wilson, Antelope (Oregon) sheepherder, sought for the shooting of his 13-year-old stepdaughter, Genevieve Fulkerson, late yesterday afternoon gave himself up less than a mile from the scene of the crime. Wilson surrendered to George McDonald and James Brogan who were repairing a fence at the time. They held the fugitive till Sheriff Harold Sexton, state police and a posse of farmers returned from a 12 mile ride through the wild area around Antelope. Defendants named by the Seufert Brothers company in a recent lawsuit alleging trespass on Seufert property along the south bank of the Columbia river between the cannery and Celilo Falls today have filed a number of actions at the county clerks office in response to the suit. Three of the defendants, Solomon Alhadeff, Nessim Alhadeff and Jack Alhadeff, filed a special appearance, objecting to the jurisdiction of the local circuit court over the defendants. 80 YeaRS Ago, August 29, 1924 Richard Cole, a workman on the West End school building, is in The Dalles hospital in critical condition with a fractured arm and shoulder and a badly crushed chest and broken ribs as the result of an accident that occurred about 10:30 this morning when a scaffolding gave away, allowing a 350-pound stone to fall more than seven feet. Petitions seeking the parole of Willard Quinn, convicted cattle thief, from the state penitentiary in Salem (Oregon), have been in circulation here and in Dufur (Oregon) for the past several days, it was learned this morning. That considerable support has been given both Mrs. Quinn and Mrs. Quinn’s sister, who are circulating the petitions, was not denied by a local professional man who admitted he had signed the petition – which is headed by the signature of Cleve Hillgen who made the original complaint against Quinn and Roscoe Wilson. 100 Years Ago, August 29, 1904 Among the latest fads of the summer girls are sunburned initials on their arms. Short sleeves, initials cut from black court plaster and affixed to the arm, and the sun will do the rest, leaving the letters in pink and white on the sunburned skin. This fad has begun at The Dalles, we are informed by some young men. Mr. James Snipes weighed some of the peaches in his orchard this morning and one weighed 11 Œ ounces and another 10 3/4 . It takes just 36 of these peaches to fill a box. A rural free delivery route has been established in the country surrounding this city, covering an area of 24 square miles and supplying a population of 564. 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