<p>This 90-year-old photo depicts members of the 1923 Enterprise High School basketball game. The players are identified only by last names, written by pen on the front of the photo: left to right, front, Estes, Lay, Cole, Marr, Spray; and back, Duncan, Gaulkie, Pepper and Beith. The uniforms and shoes have changed considerably over the decades, but the team no doubt had the same competitive spirit then as local high school athletes display today.</p>

100 YEARS AGO

Jan. 8, 1914

Upwards of 60 children in Enterprise and immediate vicinity have the measles. The number is increasing and promises to reach 100 in a week or so. Most of the little inpatients are not seriously ill, but in a number of cases the disease has been aggravated by pneumonia.

The sewer question will be brought to a vote in Enterprise in a month or two. Monday night the city council instructed city attorney T.M. Dill to prepare an ordinance at once, authorizing the issuance of bonds for the public improvement. A special election then will be called and the people of the town can decide for themselves whether they want to issue the bonds and put in sewers.

An unusual and very attractive feature is proposed for the Enterprise public library, which will move into its new building in two or three weeks. The pictures will be entirely of Wallowa County scenes and will constitute a pictorial history and review of the communitys development.

The first marriage performed in the Catholic church of Wallowa was celebrated yesterday. Miss Mary Mollahan of Wallowa became the wife of John J. Keegan, an Elgin businessman. Rev. J.F. Murphy performed the marriage service.

70 YEARS AGO

Jan. 6, 1944

The F.E. and T.K. Winston place on lower Prairie Creek consisting of 400 acres has been sold to Henry Klages. The transaction is reported to have been a cash sale. The Winston place adjoins the 440 acre farm which Mr. Klages has had previously.

Mrs. E.S. Wolfe and daughter-in-law, Mrs. Billy Wolfe (Fern Stein), of Wallowa, were Enterprise shoppers on Monday. The new home of Mr. and Mrs. Billy Wolfe, near his parents home, will be completed in a few weeks.

JOSEPH New Years was celebrated in Joseph with a dance given at Roups hall by Dan Russell and his Harmony Aces, which was well attended by merrymakers. At midnight and once after the fire siren was sounded. Whoever pressed the button made sure that everyone heard it as it rang for several minutes.

PROMISE Robert Carper brought in some cattle from range Monday and they were in good condition. The ground is frozen, but no snow. Jan. 1, 1944, the citizens of Promise had six inches of snow, the first of the winter. By night, there was a chinook.

50 YEARS AGO

Jan. 9, 1964

Federal conservation and price support payments for Wallowa County farmers resulted in total payments here of $455,555 in 1963. This was $54,567 less than the county farmers received from Uncle Sam in 1962.

Cupid kept a few jumps ahead of the divorce courts in Wallowa County in 1963, according to records in the office of the county clerk. A total of 31 marriage licenses were issued and 22 divorce suits were filed during the year, for a net gain of nine marriages.

Arriving in San Diego Wednesday morning from Wallowa County for nine weeks of navy boot camp training were enlistees Roger Wagner, Sam Marks, Barney Brooks and Terry Lamb, all of Enterprise. Leaving for the army this week were Dave Wergen and Jerry Weaver of Enterprise, Gary Muntjewerff of Joseph and Willie Jeffers of Wallowa.

One of the lead stories in the current January issue of Outdoor Life is a graphic account by Gerald Tucker, retired forest ranger formerly of the Imnaha/Snake district, of the blizzard which marooned many elk hunters in the Blue Mountains north of Troy in November 1945. The article is entitled 13 Days in a Blizzard.

25 YEARS AGO

Jan. 5, 1989

The state tax on gasoline went up 2 cents per gallon Jan. 1, but local service stations in the upper valley are absorbing rather than passing on the hike to customers. But the sentiment was different in Wallowa, where Bill Fisher of Bills Highway Service and Ron Goebel of Goebels both raised their prices. However, Goebels price remained lower than any other station in the county and Fisher equaled the lowest price ($1.14 per gallon) in both Joseph and Enterprise.

The six elected county officials sworn into office at the county courthouse this week were a combination of old and new faces: Pat Combes, moving from commissioner to Wallowa County Judge; Les Carlsen, new county commissioner; Charlotte McIver, new county clerk; incumbent county treasurer (appointed in February) Ernestine Kilgore and incumbent county sheriff Roger Decker.

Pat Wortman was appointed by Wallowa County Judge Pat Combes and Commissioner Les Carlsen as the third member of the Wallowa County Court Wednesday morning. Wortman, a descendant of a pioneer Wallowa County family, is active in community affairs, especially related to agriculture.

Wet spring weather, a summer-long strike by Boise Cascade Corp. employees and a forest shutdown in August and September due to hot and dry conditions cut local lumber production in 1988. Employment opportunities were generally good, with a low rate of 3.9 percent in November when the mills were running at full force.