100 YEARS AGO

Sept. 18, 1913

A party of Indians from Lapwai, Culdesac and Clearwater, Idaho, is in the county hunting. there are about two dozen men and eight squaws and they have 70 or more horses with them. Seven of the men came to Enterprise for hunting licenses, which they purchased for $10 each, being non-residents of the state. The seven are Chief Philip McFarland, Alex Hayes, Billy Carter, Joe Albert, John Lawler, David Halfmoon and Elmer Whitefield.

Father Murphy and his brother, Daniel Murphy, of Providence, R.I., have bought the Wallowa Sun of W.C. Marsh. Daniel Murphy, who has years of experience in city newspaper work, is to take charge of the Sun.

FLORA Miss Eva Davis of Troy, who has been sick so long with typhoid fever, is still very low. Another of Woot Martins children is sick with typhoid fever, making two sick with the fever in one family.

EDITORIAL Many cases of typhoid fever have been reported in the county the last few weeks. The disease has nearly been eradicated from the cities through watchfulness over water and milk and food supplies. But it persists in the country because of neglect of ordinary sanitary precautions.

70 YEARS AGO

Sept. 16, 1943

The prospect that ammunition will be available this fall for hunters is practically impossible. This information is based on reports from wholesale houses to local stores that the War Production Board had not released any material as of Sept. 8 for the purpose of manufacturing ammunition for civilian use.

A two-page letter was received this week from Pfc. Keith Walker, held prisoner by the Japanese, by his wife, Jean, of La Grande. This was the first direct word received from Keith since last April, when a message was read over the radio by a Japanese announcer over shortwave from La Grande.

C.M. Rector and Earl Warnock inspected Mr. Warnocks range on the Imnaha Monday and found that the grasshoppers were consuming a main portion of the bunch grass on the range.

50 YEARS AGO

Sept. 19, 1963

Cloudy and rainy weather did not stop horse lovers in Wallowa County from turning out for the Horse Show Saturday and Sunday. Orval McArtor, general chairman, reported that there were over 80 entries in the halter classes Saturday with 26 different classes.

Contract for the initial construction of Boise Cascade Corporations $2,500,000 plywood mill at Elgin has been awarded to Bechtel Brothers of La Grande.

The Joseph Masonic Lodge No. 81 AF&AM will present a 50-year pin to Homer Hayes on Sept. 25 at the Masonic Hall in Joseph. He joined the Lodge on Sept. 24, 1913.

Mrs. Verl (Maurine) Huffman took over the duties of public health nurse of Wallowa County Tuesday, succeeding Mrs. Rita Boyce Snyder who resigned.

25 YEARS AGO

Sept. 15, 1988

Management of the 60,000-acre Tepee Butte fire was turned over to district Forest Service personnel Wednesday as all but a few firefighters remained to mop-up the states largest fire that roared to life due to a lightning strike Aug. 25.

A grandstand full of spectators braved the seasons first cold daytime temperatures to get the 1988 Hells Canyon Mule Days off to a successful start Saturday. We had a good bunch of spectators and a good bunch of mules, said chairman Max Walker.

Heres a look at new faces in the Wallowa School District: principal Ed Jensen and teachers Lisa Lindsey, Meridee Symons, Nancy Attebury and Lori Kissinger.

Winning over 50 ribbons, including one Best of Show, in the Wallowa County Fairs open class this year earned Violet Schweigert of Wallowa the 1988 title of Homemaker of the Fair and an accompanying $50 bonus.