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OUT OF THE PAST: Airport no longer ‘bush pilot’ field

100 YEARS AGO June 12, 1913 There will be at least three public celebrations of the 137th anniversary…

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JABBERWOCK II: Freelancing can’t keep you in peanut butter

I must have written something earlier, everyone does, but it was in high school when I began writing…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Sheepman says coyotes killed 335 lambs over month

100 YEARS AGO June 5, 1913 The Chesnimnus roundup no show affair but the real thing probably will…

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AND FURTHERMORE: Mushroomers cultivate skill of evasion

Wild morel mushroom season has been in full swing here in Wallowa County and I just love this…

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JUST THINKING: Freedom a treasure we take for granted

Many visiting the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History cite the gem gallery as a favorite. There displayed…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Widow killed by strike of lightning in Paradise

100 YEARS AGO May 29, 1913 Mrs. Alice Thomas, widow of H.H. Thomas and member of one of…

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POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

The Second Amendment to the Constitution states: A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Enterprise’s Commercial Hotel burns to ground

100 YEARS AGO May 22, 1913 The Commercial Hotel burned to the ground early Tuesday morning in a…

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MAIN STREET: Baseball between blizzards a local tradition

I cant remember a Wallowa County baseball season and if you count T-ball, I go back to 1981…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Graduation is county high school’s last

100 YEARS AGO May 15, 1913 Graduations exercises were held in Enterprise last night in the Baptist Church.…

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