From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

October 9, 2011

For “The Town that Still Believes” Christmas Kick Off there will again be the lighted parade on Friday November 25. The Dayton Shopping Spree starts soon, with entry form available throughout downtown merchants.

Dayton’s newest physician, Michael Luce, M.D., has moved out of the Dayton Clinic as opened his own practice in the Medical-Dental Building on South 4th.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 10, 1996

The Rolling Thunder 2 event this year drew an enthusiastic crowd of contestants and spectators. There were 110 flights logged in three age divisions and seven motor classes. Some of the entries were manned by Aaron Kinyon, Katie Kinyon, Jonathan Thorn, John Quigg, John Marback, Billy Ostrander, EJ Brewer, Brian Smith, Jeff Sinkbeil, Brandon John, Dave Davis and newest member Keifer.

Columbia County recycling bin a success. Good job, Starbuck, Dayton and Columbia County residents.

We have only just started to prepare for the addition of cardboard, white goods (washer/dryers, etc.) and ferrous metal collection, hopefully within the next year.

Fifty Years Ago

October 14, 1971

Seven girls–Rebecca Startin, Connie Fletcher, Margie Laymance and Jean Whipple–who were named Columbia County national contestants; and Susan Brewington, Cindy Startin and Meri Hurst, will take part in the State 4-H Dress Revue contest in Puyallup representing Columbia County.

Three Families Protest Touchet River Dam Plan to Fight Project. Touchet Valley Irrigation District Board heard complaints of landowners on whose land the dam will be built. The group spokesman Lester Eaton Jr. and his wife Kaye, Mrs. Nettie Stearns, Don Stearns, and Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Randolph expressed the opinion that he and the other affected landowners would not have a suitable place to relocate.

Six delegates from the Dayton Chapter, Future Farmers of America, Kelly Donohue, Jim Startin, Ron Ashley, Dennis Schilling, and Mike Harting, and Gary Bye, cadet instructor in vocational agriculture, will be attending the 44th National Convention in Kansas City Missouri, October 13-15.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

October 10, 1946

Will Improve Dayton Days Show. The Columbia County Racing Association met and in accordance with the requirements of its articles of incorporation, elected officers, Don Roger, President, Arden Archer, Vice-president, Merle Gwinn Secretary-treasurer, Carlos Thronson, Dewey Donohue, R.E. McGee, and Rex Davis were named as the board of directors. Possibilities of improving the show were discussed.

1500 Hunters Get Elk, Lots of shooting; 18 Deer Killed. According to Game Protector W.T. Wooten, that 1,500 hunters were in the Touchet-Tucannon area for the special two-day elk season last week.

Five Forest Service men and nine members of the Touchet Horse and Cattlemen’s association made a survey of range conditions on the Touchet section of the forest. A forest service representative came to Dayton for a meeting with the stockmen and notified them they must abandon the Touchet range within a few years.

One Hundred Years Ago

October 5, 1921

B. D. Crocker built a flume down the Touchet from Thumbville and floated wood to Dayton for the O.I. Company. Tom Robertson used to ride a plank down the flume to Dayton, a distance of about 15 miles. When Sir John Vivian Van Fagg cut wood for B. D. Crocker at the head of the flume and bought his whisky by the jug.

(10-8) Bauers & Bauers Lowest Offer to Build Lyons Ferry Road for $7,500 a Mile. Walla Walla County have opened bids for building a permanent highway from Prescott to Lyons Ferry on the Snake River.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

October 10, 1896

THE MECHANIC AND THE TARIFF! What three years of “Reform” Have Done For Him. From 1880 to 1892, five million or more persons engaged in manufacturing and mechanical pursuits in the United States were busy and prosperous. During those twelve years the cities of the United States pushed ahead at a marvelous rate.