<p>This was the bomber that was reported to have crash-landed in Enterprise in the June 1, 1944, Wallowa County Chieftain. Local people worked hard to build a runway at the golf course so the plane could take off again.</p>

100 YEARS AGO

Aug. 15, 1912

For some years it has been the hope of residents of the county that Eagle Cap was the highest peak in Oregon. Mount Hood, which towers in the clouds near Portland, rises to an altitude of 11,225 feet. An elevation of 12,000 has been claimed for the monarch of the Wallowa range. Now, however, comes disquieting news from surveyor that Eagle Cap is only 10,000 feet high. Nothing to brag of at all.

Wallowa County is now gathering its crops and already farmers are taking stock of their seasons work. Altogether the countys yield is probably the largest in history. More land is in cultivation than ever before.

PROMISE The huckleberry market is overstocked. There has been a thousand gallons or more picked in this vicinity.

CHAPMAN Melvin Stonebrink, who has been visiting with his uncle, George Stonebrink, will soon return to his home in Portland in time for school. Mr. Stonebrink started his header Monday morning on E.A. Crosslers farm.

70 YEARS AGO

Aug. 13, 1942

The Wallowa County Civilian Defense Council met Monday night to consider ways and means of extricating the civilian defense program from the quagmire of lethargy and indifference which seems to have engulfed it. After a prolonged session the only conclusion reached was the organization was too inclusive and too top heavy for a county as sparsely settled and as remote from potential danger as Wallowa County.

Jidge Tippett was elected president and Earl Warnock vice president of the Wallowa County Cattle and Horse Breeders Association at the annual business meeting of the association Wednesday afternoon in the courthouse.

Word has been received that the Elgin-Minam roadwork will be completed this fall. The old road is being re-routed over Cricket Flat and past the Pine Grove church to cut out some of the grades and curves.

Residents of Enterprise got out of bed (the farmers had already been out for four hours) Sunday morning to watch a Flying Fortress 4-motored bomber piloted by Lt. Norman Conaway fly low over the city and countryside. The huge plane roared over town several times and circled back over the Ray Emmott place where Mrs. Conaway has been visiting her parents.

50 YEARS AGO

Aug. 16, 1962

Black smoke poured from the stacks of the J. Herbert mill in Wallowa this week as the strike entered its third month. With the mill force now totaling 80 to 90 workers, the mill has started operations of most of the big mill in addition to its stud mill and planer.

Don G. (Biden) Tippett of Enterprise was announced as Cattleman of the Year at the Stockgrowers dinner held in Enterprise Saturday Chosen to be honored as Grassman of the Year was Crawford Oveson of Wallowa.

The Joseph High School Band received its new blue and gold uniforms last week, according to Mr. Robert Bork, director. A total of 27 outfits have been received at a cost of about $76 each. The first public appearance of the band in the new uniforms is expected to be at the Shrine football game in Pendleton Aug. 25.

IMNAHA Things happen in every community, so we understand. One of our neighbors shot a hog between the eyes just because it tried some of the vegetables in her garden, and another lady locked herself out of the house and had to climb in the window.

25 YEARS AGO

Aug. 13, 1987

If the goal was to conjure up the spirit of a family-oriented, festive gathering that might have taken place 100 years ago, then the Wallowa County Centennial Homecoming Picnic at Wallowa Lake Saturday succeeded to the point the early settlers would have felt right at home. Good music, good food and good company were served up on a sunny sky that showed Wallowa County at its best.

Cool places were at a premium as Wallowa County seated and sweltered Sunday on the hottest day of the year. Imnaha residents suffered the most with the thermometers recording 104 degrees at the bridge, Troy registered 103 degrees and Wallowa 99 degrees. Enterprise recorded 91 at its weather station three miles south of town. All temperatures were the hottest highs of the year.

At a nickel a cone and 15 cents for a sundae, ice cream sales were hot at the Soroptimists centennial ice cream social last Wednesday. From 350 to 500 people jammed the courthouses north lawn. A total of 72 gallons of ice cream was served by club members.

The first-ever submarine race at Wallowa Lake will take place Saturday, Aug. 22, as part of the annual Monster Observation and Preservation (MOPS) celebration.