<p>This septia-toned photo with the well-dressed couple in an automobile in the woods is obviously old but there is no information on the back giving a clue as to the time period or identity of the couple. Do any of our readers have any ideas?</p>

100 YEARS AGO

April 16, 1914

The first band of sheep to be sheared in this county has been turned out to pasture on the lower Joseph Creek range. This is a band belonging to Dobbin and Falconer. The sheep were sheared with machines at Rogersburg, a post office in the extreme north of the county at the mouth of the Grande Ronde river. W.H. Durham will move his shearing plant the old Litch plant to Swamp Creek in a few days.

Adding $121.59 to the library book fund and providing a vast deal of entertainment to residents of town was the benefit given at the Enterprise Opera house last Friday and Saturday nights. The entertainment was a county fair burlesque to which were added many musical numbers.

Three arrests were made early this week for speeding automobiles in Enterprise.

Owners of chickens, cows and horses must keep their animals on their own premises during the summer months. City ordinances which forbid such animals to run at large will be strictly enforced. S.K. Clark, City Marshal of Enterprise.

70 YEARS AGO

April 13, 1944

Bruce Dennis, formerly one of the largest landowners and livestock operators in Wallowa County, closed out the last of his interests here this week when he sold his Crow and Swamp creek ranches to Lloyds of Walla Walla E.C. Lloyd and son R.C. Lloyd. Foreman Ted Simmons will continue to operate the ranches as foreman for the new owners.

Six tons of freight were carried upriver on the packet Idaho which returned yesterday from a round trip to Johnson Bar, Skipper Kyle McGrady reports. Passengers on the upriver trip included D.O. Maynard, J.W. McClaran, A.M. Asplund, Clyde Triplett and Mr. and Mrs. Lon Rich to Cache Creek, and Joe Sullivan and Doc Thornton, Summers Creek. Downriver passengers were Pete Daley, Summers Creek; Red Wolf, Dug Bar; Ben Tippett and Jay Dobbin, Eureka Bar; and Ralph Tippett, Cougar Bar.

A gloomy forecast of the shortest water supply for many years was made at a meeting of water masters, irrigation men and forest officials at Union last week. Snow at Aneroid Lake April 1 measured 75.2 inches with a water content of 21 inches, the lowest reading on record since measurement records were started in 1929.

WALLOWA The old faithful saddle pony, Peaches, belonging to Verla Jean Scott, died at the Herschel Scott ranch Sunday. The pony was 15 years old and had carried the three children to and from school in all of their school days.

50 YEARS AGO

April 16, 1964

The Clarneau Roofing contractors have been busy this week dismantling the second story of the Wallowa Title Co. building at the corner of Main and West First streets in Enterprise. The upper story, used for many years for offices and housing the old Wallowa National Forest supervisors staff, has been unoccupied in recent years. The structure was one of the first buildings erected in Enterprise and was dedicated in 1881. For about 20 year it served as a county courthouse.

The Wallowa County CowBelles have named William F. Williams, superintendent of the Joseph schools, as Father of the Year.. The Williams family includes four boys and a girl, ranging in age from 4 to 14.

A large crowd of friends and relatives of A.L. Duckett of Imnaha gathered at the Civic Center in Joseph Monday evening for a testimonial dinner and program in his honor, sponsored by the Joseph Chamber of Commerce.

The Enterprise Lions Clubs major activity of the past few weeks will climax this coming weekend with the selection of one of 13 candidates to hold the title of Miss Wallowa County for 1964. The candidates selected from each of the county high schools are: Wallowa, Kathy Tippett, Sue Ann McGraw, Maridee Connor and Diane Makin; Lostine, Sharon Renoe and Brenda Doud; Enterprise, Sally Bennett, Patti Preece, Donna Nelson, Nancy Wilcox and Joyce Wingfield; and Joseph, Annette Kennedy and Elaina Perez.

25 YEARS AGO

April 13, 1989

Last week the Wallowa County Court ordered the creation of a Wallowa County Animal Control Advisory Board, made up of the county court, the sheriff and a representative of each of the four city councils in the city. It also voted to re-submit a three-year operating levy of $60,300 ($20,100 per year) to fund a county animal control program in the May election. The same levy was defeated in the March 28 vote by mail ballot.

After what amounted to a three-month vacation, Larry Christman is once again mayor of Enterprise. He was appointed mayor by the city council Monday night to replace Les Wells, who resigned to take a job in La Grande. Wells succeeded Christman, who did not file for re-election.

Seeing no chance for an exemption to federal surface water regulations expected to go into effect this summer, the city of Joseph will pursue federal monies to help fund a water filtration system.

Scott and Wendy Skagerberg, formerly of Colton, bring enthusiasm, warmth and ideas to their position as new managers of historic Wallowa Lake Lodge.