Looking Back: A Glimpse Through The Chronicle’s Files October 3, 2004 20 Years Ago, October 3, 1984 A decision on moving the murder trial of Arnold Ray Huskey to another jurisdiction has been delayed until Wednesday by Wasco County Circuit Court Judge John Jelderks. The motion for the change of venue was made by Huskey’s attorney, John Kelly, during a pretrial hearing held this morning. Huskey’s codefendant, Gordon Junior Parsons, did not appear in court today and his absence was not officially explained in open court, except for the judge to verify with Parsons’ attorney, Jim Habberstadt, that they would not be appearing. Hope grew stronger today that new contamination related foodborne illness was nearer an end. Health officers said that no new cases with contamination dates later than September 26 had been reported to the Wasco-Sherman Health Unit. According to Dennis Illingworth, sanitarian, the 455 cases reported were people who were contaminated before September 26. Of these, 140 have been confirmed as salmonella and of these a total of 71 were determined to be salmonella typhimurium, one of the more common types. (Read past articles submitted on Bhagwan Rajneesh involvement in Wasco county). 40 Years Ago, October 3, 1964 Adding to the traffic woes on the Oregon Trail Highway as deer hunters headed east in an almost solid stream, was a train-truck collision on the Celilo Crossing 12 miles east of here Friday night. A Union Pacific train crew member serving as a flagman was struck by the pickup truck as it entered the crossing. The pickup, pulling a camp trailer, swerved in an effort to avoid the collision, but Gene Collins, 47, Portland, was struck while scrambling to get out of the way. The foot is still important in football as a conversion kicked by Jim Mahan in the final quarter boosted The Dalles Indians to a 27-26 victory of the LaGrande (Oregon) Tigers, and moved the Tribe into a tie for second place in the Intermountain League. Mahan’s game winning conversion came after Phil Wagenblast scored from 27 yards to tie the game at 26-all with only three minutes left in the game. 60 Years Ago, October 3, 1944 Members of the city council last night voted to purchase a radio for the fire department truck of Fire Chief Charles Roth Jr., similar to the one now in operation in the police department’s patrol cars. The Dalles Community Orchestra, under the direction of C. Robert White, will give a musical program at the Eastern Oregon Hospital here Wednesday evening, October 18. The orchestra is available for community activities, according to Nelson Lewis, president of the group. 80 Years Ago, October 3, 1924 Political gossip in The Dalles was humming like a buzz saw this morning when it was rumored around town that Dr. Vern Hamilton was about to enter the race for the mayoralty against P.J. Stadelman, incumbent. Dr. Hamilton stated at noon that things looked favorable for his candidacy and that he had permitted his name to go on several petitions which were in circulation. Arol Bolton and Paul Schiller of this city were pledged to Beta Theta Pi fraternity early this week at Whitman college where they are freshmen students. They were football men in the local high school and now show promise of a successful football career at Whitman, according to the reports from Walla Walla (Washington) this morning. 100 Years Ago, October 3, 1904 A hand-to-hand fight between two drunken men, one a deckhand on the REGULATOR, caused quite an excitement about 10 o’clock yesterday morning. The marshal appeared on the scene and was soon marching the offenders off to jail. Upon reaching the door the deckhand objected strenuously, striking at the marshal with his brawny fist. Fortunately he missed the mark and was soon in durance vile. When they had sobered up sufficiently, Recorder Filoon fined them $5 apiece and turned them loose. When passenger train No. 2 reached The Dalles yesterday morning Marshal Wood was there to meet four unwilling guests of the city hotel up on Third and Court. They were Fred Hawley, William Clemens, A. Gidney and B. Johnson, who had broken into a box car containing merchandise for Idaho, and were discovered by Conductor Hogan, who locked them in and phoned to the marshal. 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