<p>Wallowa’s public school buildings of long ago include, left to right, the high school, gymnasium, and white grade school as depicted on an old postcard.</p>

100 YEARS AGO

Oct. 23, 1913

Plans and specifications for the proposed sewer system for Enterprise were submitted to the council and a special council meeting was held last Friday night by engineer D.H. Green of Spokane. Two trunk sewer lines are proposed. The cost of the trunk sewer lines and the septic tank Mr. Green says will not exceed $19,000.

The assessment total for the county is $10,428,354 and the sheriffs assessment afterwards amounted to about $150,000 more.

Ed Hart is the latest addition to the ranks of the automobilist. He was spinning through Enterprise in the car this week in a way to show he was already past the beginners stage. He got the car of Dr. Taylor of Lostine, trading a stone building in that town for it. The car is a Hupmobile.

Memory Bell was painfully injured Monday afternoon when the dray team he was driving into the barn lot on South River street ran away, catching him under it. Four physicians were summoned in haste. The injury consisted of tearing the ligament of one leg loose at the knee.

70 YEARS AGO

Oct. 21, 1943

The drive to raise Wallowa Countys quota of $4,300 in the War Chest Drive to provide funds for the USO, China Relief and 15 other war services and relief agencies has fallen fifty percent short, according to C.H. Zurcher, chairman of the drive. Our contributions are not a large part in the war effort, but the victims of this wars devastation and our boys and girls in service will appreciate our interest and support. We dont want them to think we are letting them down.

One of the 72 tankers being constructed at Swan Island will be named the Wallowa. The SS Oregon Trail, 34th in the series, was launched last Saturday and was the second to be named after a historic place in Oregon. The Wallowa will be the 10th.

WALLOWA Sgt. Dale Victor arrived in Wallowa Thursday on a 10-day furlough. Dale is a tail gunner on a bomber and stationed at Fort Knox, Ky. Pvt. Gene Hayes of Fort Ord, Calif., arrived in Wallowa Wednesday on a weeks furlough visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Hayes.

JOSEPH Mr. and Mrs. George Dawson, Mr. and Mrs. Alex Dawson and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Dawson, Mrs. Lowell Hall and Mrs. Jean Boswell all went down to the Eugene Pallette Ranch last Saturday. Lt. Malcolm Dawson, a member of Uncle Sams flyers, came upon a furlough.

50 YEARS AGO

Oct. 24, 1963

Henry (Hank) Smith, 46, of Lostine, died at the Wallowa Memorial Hospital about 9 p.m. Monday from injuries received Sunday evening when his horse threw him on Huckleberry Mountain trail.

About 70 Joseph citizens met in the Joseph Civic Center last Friday evening to hear discussion on a proposal to build a sewer system in Joseph. The total cost of construction under each of the (four) plans was estimated at a maximum of $289,000. Mayor Daisley stated that the design of the sewers in the brief are such that they would accommodate Joseph under its present rate of growth until about the year 2000.

TROY Mildred Murrill came down to Troy Saturday to work in the post office and store while Mary and Red attended Joe Friddles funeral.

The school board of school district 21, Enterprise, opened bids on the Pratt school at its meeting last Monday night. The highest bid of $1,650 was submitted by H.M. Nord. Included in the sale was the building and the schools existing rights to the land.

25 YEARS AGO

Oct. 20, 1988

A bill that would designate nearly 206 miles of river in Wallowa County as recreational, scenic or wild passed the U.S. House of Representatives last Wednesday. Included are segments of the Imnaha and Lostine rivers, Joseph Creek, the Grande Ronde River and the Wenaha River.

Dave Tanzey of the Imnaha Store and Tavern is the U.G.L.Y.-est small town bartender in Oregon. Actually the honor is entirely unrelated to his physical appearance, but reflects the $3,390 raised on his behalf in September in the U.G.L.Y. Bartender Contest sponsored as a fundraiser by the Oregon chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society.

Photo caption Excavation work on the $1 million Forest Service co-location complex on the hill west of Enterprise got underway last week. Here Dave Turner, Joseph, of Turner Excavation, prepares a foundation site for the 24-acre complex which will be built by Panco Inc. of Walla Walla, contractor of Sea Side Associates of Joseph. The facility will include a 2,000-square foot visitor center.

Time will roll back decades this Saturday night as the Wallowa County Junior Women host a 50s-60s Bash at Cloverleaf Hall. Music will be by Henry and the Hubcaps.