100 YEARS AGO

Jan. 23, 1913

Intermittent storms again have been the rule for the past week. The railroad has been, perhaps, the worse, sufferer. The track at the mouth of the canyon was blocked Monday and was closed altogether Tuesday. On Monday while the air was quite still in the Enterprise district, Upper Prairie creek was lost in a neighborhood blizzard. O.S. Hulse, driving Enterprise creamerys wagon though the district, had all he could do to make the trip.

The Q.E. Gwynne sawmill property was bought for $20,000 by the Kroll Lumber company of Spokane at the auction sale held on Tuesday by S.D. White, trustee in bankruptcy. The property was sold in two lots, the lumber bringing about $10,000 and the equipment an equal amount.

FLORA Another fierce storm passed over the north end of the county last Friday, thus filling up the snow from two feet on the Grande Ronde and Troy to four or five feet up on the higher lands, drifting in some places so as to make traveling an impossible task. The snow is deeper now than it has ever been except in the memories of the oldest settlers.

IMNAHA Everybody is out of wheat. The consequences are they have to kill hogs.

70 YEARS AGO

Jan. 21, 1943

Mr. and Mrs. J. Dee Walker received a telegram yesterday (Wednesday) morning from the Adjutant General at Washington, D.C., stating that their son Keith, who had not been heard from since the fall of Bataan over a year ago, is a prisoner of the Japanese government. Keith was a radio operator in a tank division and was known to have been in the fighting in Bataan when it fell.

Wallowa County was struck last Friday nights by one of the worst wind storms which this valley has experience in a good many years. Temperatures rose during the windstorm only to fall to a record low of 24 below zero within 48 hours. The wind blew down a building in Wallowa, chopped off trees through the length of the valley and blew in a large window pane in the Keltner and Skaggs hardware store.

JOSEPH The two most popular people in Joseph this week are the marshal and the plumber. Tom Brown started early Monday to thaw pipes with the city thawing machine, and George Granger was kept

A night course in poultry and egg production will be started sometime in February under the Rural War Production program. Due to the acute shortage of meat and eggs, the government is urging all poultrymen to increase their poultry and egg production.

40 YEARS AGO

Jan. 25, 1973

Tonights the night for a public meeting and membership drive for a new group called Citizens for Sensible Land Use. The purpose of the group is to assist in the adoption of measures to improve the environment and the economy on which the American Public lives and works. Multiuse of public lands is supported by the group.

President Jim Cheatham of the Bank of Wallowa County, reported to the stockholders of the bank at their annual meeting last Thursday that 1972 was a profitable year. Totals at the end of 1972 were over $4,400,400, as opposed as approximately $3,800,000 at the end of 1971.

Ernie Josi, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bob Josi of Wallowa, was the winner of the Elks Freethrow Contest, which was held Friday night during halftime of the Joseph-Wallowa game at Joseph. Ernie, competing against Jeff Quinn of Enterprise and Brad Bird of Joseph, tossed in 16 baskets of 25 attempts.

Jake Marks of Imnaha celebrated his 90th birthday on Sunday, Jan. 21, at the home of his son Wayne and family where he lives. Attending were 93 relatives and friends. All five of his children were present for the occasion. Jake came to the Imnaha 84 years ago from Sweet Home.

25 YEARS AGO

Jan. 21, 1988

Wallowa County LeRoy Childers announced Friday that he will pass up seeking another term as county judge to run for state representative of the 58th district, a seat now held by Bob Brogoitti.

The waiting time is not over for a group of Wallowa County cattlemen whose bid on the idle Enterprise Livestock Auction was scuttled by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Tuesday.

With the opening of Ferguson Ridge Ski Area last weekend, local skiers have kept Mac Huff of Wallowa Outdoors busy. But despite a lack of snow this winter, Huff has been constantly on the go since opening his store on River Street in Enterprise the week before Christmas.

Don Baldwin, Gladys Nobles and Sander Anderson received special recognition last week for their contributions during the 1986 fire outbreak. Eagle Cap Ranger Bob Casey presented belt buckles and a desk set during an informal ceremony at the Eagle Cap Ranger station.