This old photo, titled “Packing Supplies to the Mines, Near Enterprise, Ore.”, is another gem from the collection of Edsel White, who spends his summers at Wallowa Lake. The photograph is undated.

100 YEARS AGO

Sept. 4, 1913

The tents at Wallowa Lake park will be taken to Pendleton and set up to accommodate visitors to the Round-Up. J.F. Egensperger will go in charge of the equipment. The season at the lake practically ended last Saturday night since the dismantling the park has been going on.

FLORA Abe Carter of Lost Prairie started up his new threshing machine at James Fordyces farm last Friday. Saturday afternoon about 3 oclock the separator suddenly gave a puff and was instantly all in flames. The separator was almost completely destroyed, the belt and the feeders being all that was saved. It is thought the fire was caused by the heat and smut in the grain.

A fine illustration of what industry and economy will accomplish in Wallowa County is shown by the recent purchase of 240 acres of excellent farmland east of Ant Flat. The two schoolteachers bought the land of their father, I.D. Braughton of Paradise, at $1500 each, paying $400 down, with the remainder on time.

70 YEARS AGO

Sept. 2, 1943

Mr. and Mrs. Grady Miller have received a certificate from the U.S. Marine Corps certifying that Pfc. Jerrold B. Miller has been awarded the Purple Heart for military merit and wounds received in action resulting in his death Nov. 11, 1942.

JOSEPH Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Sprague and Terry, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Warnock and Mrs. Wanna Drake went up into the lake basin on a short camping trip last Friday Sunday morning they awakened to a snowstorm which continued during the day at intervals.

ALDER SLOPE There have been a few huckleberries picked on the mountains back of here this year, but no large amounts. About two weeks ago Oscar Hammack and children, Mr. and Mrs. C.M. Lozier and Mrs. Loziers mother, Mrs. Maxwell, went huckleberrying and returned with several gallons.

BARTLETT We had another hard rain here Sunday which halted all harvest work. Its been quite cold since the rain. Mr. and Mrs. Clay Mallory and daughter Dorris Wilson were here last week to see about getting Mr. Mallorys hay and grain harvested.

50 YEARS AGO

Sept. 5, 1963

Sentiments toward various points of view were on the rise this week, with respect to the proposed change through Enterprise. The poll shows that the opposition to the measure is building up and the proposal by council meeting time will probably be defeated.

The 10th annual Labor Day sale sponsored by the Wallowa County Stockgrowers Association Monday brought 2,011 head of cattle to the auction block. This figure represents a decline of about 500 head under the number of cattle sold at the auction last year. Total sale amounted to $296,716.61 this year as compared to $445,000 last year.

LOSTINE Thursday evening, a reunion of former schoolmates met at Herman Wood home. It was held honoring a former Lostine girl, Margaret Poley, who is now Mrs. James M. Jackson of Hillsboro. Co-hostesses with Mrs. Wood were Miss Martha Crow and Freda-Bobs Hall.

Wallowa County 4-H club members won several championships at State Fair. Kathleen Wolfe of Wallowa had the champion butter cake; Mary Yokom, Enterprise, exhibited the champion Targhee fleece; and Joanne Scott of Wallowa showed the champion Suffolk fleece.

25 YEARS AGO

Sept. 1, 1988

With resources stretched to the limit, firefighters continued to concentrate their efforts on stopping the spread of the 36,000-acre Tepee Butte fire in Wallowa Countys northeastern corner. Wednesday crews worked for the second day constructing a burnout line along the blazes southeast flank from Buckhorn Springs to Eureka Bar on the Snake River.

The 2.6 miles of High 82 west of Enterprise is wider, smoother and less hazardous, thanks to an extensive rebuilding and realignment project that was completed last week, a year after construction started. The Trout Creek-Enterprise project was bid at $2.25 million but contract along the way boosted the total price tag to $28 million.

During the month of September, the Wallowa County Sheriffs Office is reinstating its animal control program on a part-time experimental basis. The decision comes in response to the many animal nuisance complaints registered in the year-plus since the program was axed for lack of funds.

A No Special Rights committee meeting will be held at Cloverleaf Hall Tuesday, Sept. 6. The state-wide committee has gathered over 118,000 signatures so far toward overturning Gov. Goldschmidts executive ordered last year on behalf of homosexuals.