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Oddly, laying hens reducing production

100 YEARS AGO Oct. 17, 1912 Indians from Fort Lapwai reservation in Idaho have been so free to…

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GUEST COLUMN: Wild residents like hill in town

Dried grasses and weeds crunch under foot. Grassphoppers, some two to three inches long, hit me, bouncing off…

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CHIEFTAIN: State ballot items: what we recommend

The Chieftain this week begins offering recommendations on the nine state ballot measures Oregon voters will accept or…

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JABBERWOCK II: Some of our best leaders are bipolar

Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump What do Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln, Mahatma…

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JUST THINKING: Hijacked terms serve goal of manipulating

As the election draws near and the political rhetoric more high-pitched, skilled professionals work at crafting messages to…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Carper sweeps awards at county fair

100 YEARS AGO Oct. 10, 1912 In the north woods of Wallowa County, far from any railroad, an…

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OUT OF THE PAST: Henry Schaeffer could be first white man married here

100 YEARS AGO Oct. 3, 1912 Wallowa County at its best is now attending its own great fair.…

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Great horned owl a good hunter

One morning while I was in my den typing, something caught my eye about 40 yards from my…

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AND FURTHERMORE: A knife too sharp for butcher’s own good

Ive learned to not be surprised when I make bad decisions, but this last one was really kind…

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Not one wagon road down to Snake River

100 YEARS AGO Sept. 26, 1912 Chester Estes, the 11-year-old son of James Estes of Imnaha Park was…

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