The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon Janurary 26, 1923 Portland, Jan. 26 (UP) WOMANS CIGARETTE SETS FIRE TO BED Mrs. A. J. Simons Of Portland Saved After Being Oversome. Dropping a cigarette from her fingers Mrs. A. J. Simons, wife of a street car man, fired the bedclothing in her home today. The woman was saved after having been overcome by smoke and fumes. The home was not badly damaged. The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon December 19, 1928 Portland Dec. 19 (UP) DOCTOR ARRESTED Allegations that he had been bilking women through the medium of phony X-ray photographs and bloodless surgery, Dr. F. J. Kolar, Portland chiropractor, was out on $750 bail today following his arrest late Tuesday. The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon October 24, 1929 Portland, Oct. 24 (UP) CHECK PASSERS HELD Five men, members of a gang of bad check passers, were under arrest here today charged with obtaining more than $1000 through fictitious check operations. The men arrested were Ivan Shewey, David Singer, Ed Wright, Ralph Stevens and George Willery. Some of the checks passed were blank checks stolen from a vacant house formerly occupied by Ted Coats, chauffeur for L. B. Menefee, president of the L. B. Menefee Lumber company. The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon August 26, 1931 Seattle, August 26 (UP) FATE OF PORTLANDER IS STILL IN DOUBT The Cascade mountains still hold the fate today of Walter Miller, 35, Portland architect, who disappeared Sunday while on a hike with a party of 16 mountain climbers. A party of 12 mountaineers entered the dense forest Tuesday to determine to find Miller or bring out his body if he had met with an accident. Jack Staley, highway gravel inspector, reported hearing calls for help in the direction where Miller was last seen. The architect disappeared Sunday afternoon after he had complained to other members in the party of being tired. He sat down to rest, planning to return to camp at Snoqualmie pass. A careful search at the camp and his home failed to reveal his whereabouts. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm