From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

January 25, 2012

Commissioners hear growers question restrictions on the Tucannon Bridge on Kellogg Hollow Road and asked if a solution could be found to the weight restrictions placed on the Starbuck Bridge crossing the Tucannon River. If grain transport is forced take an alternate, and longer route to Lyons Ferry, concerns for increased transportation costs could reduce the income stream for the Grain Growers by 10-25%.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

January, 1997

No-till is the byword for Carlton’s Conservation Practices. When Carlton’s were named Conservation Farmers of the Year by Skip Mead, during a Kiwanis meeting, he summed it up this way: “This year the Columbia County Conservation District breaks tradition. It’s the year we are going to recognize a farmer for conservation in unconventional no-till methods,” Mead stated. Bill Jr. and Barbara has been farming on the Whetstone for four generations.

Fifty Years Ago

January 27, 1972

Mrs. Gloria Pearl Mings, 46, and Mrs. Frank (Marjorie Ann) Dahlstrom, 36, Dayton were killed and Miss Valorie Mings, 23, Walla Walla, and Mrs. James (Sandra) Tate, 29, were injured in a three-car accident at Wednesday, January 19, east of Pasco on Highway 12 at the intersections of Lewis Street and Kahlotus highway. Mrs. Mings was westbound on Highway 12 when it was struck broadside by an auto operated by Arthur J. Woffinden, Kennewick.

At the sixth annual Bosses’ Night banquet and program at the Catholic Parish Hall, Glen Mitchell, music director for Dayton Public Schools, an Outstanding Young Educator was presented his honor plaque by Phil Clouse; Doug Lambert, Outstanding Young Farmer, was presented his honor plaque by Dwight Fullerton; Clark Brewington received his Distinguished Service Award by Fred Smith.

Dick Rubenser of Starbuck was elected president of the Columbia County Livestock Association during the annual business meeting held January 11. Speakers at the business meeting were Dick Coon, owner of the Bar U Ranch at Washtucna, spoke on taxation and its effects on cattlemen and agriculture. Dick McWhorter, first vice present of the Washington Cattlemen’s Association, gave a report on activities of the association state wide.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

January 23, 1947

The Dayton Boxers defeat Walla Walla High School. The All-High Smoker on Friday attracted a capacity house again, indicating the popularity of the sport in Dayton. Twelve fights and two comedy events made up the program giving as many boys, 16 high schoolers and ten grade schoolers, as possible, a chance to get experience.

Members of the Touchet Horse and Cattle Association met for a conference with Willis Ward, Forest Service Ranger of Walla Walla, to discuss range improvement. A proposal for test plots be established to learn what the range would do with cattle and game, or what the result would be if only game having access to the rangeland.

One Hundred Years Ago

January 25, 1922

Landseer Lad, a remarkable Jersey sire which has stood at the head of the Jersey herd at the State Agricultural College for the past few years, has been loaned to the Columbia County Livestock Association for two years, and will have an opportunity to stamp his wonderful qualities on all the Jersey stock in this section. Some farmers who are interested in raising pure-bred Jersey will buy registered females while this great sire is available and all Columbia county farmers who are interested should book their cows now for service while this great sire is available.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

January, 1897

Mr. W.H. Preece, the telegraphic expert of the post office, had a surprise in store for his audience at Toynbee Hall, when he lectured on “Telegraphy Without Wires.” Mr. Preece announced that a new invention which might have the widest possible influence on the future of telegraphy, but on the safe navigation of ships, an Italian electrician announced, the system did not depend on electro-magnetic, but on electrostatic effects, that is to say on electric waves set up a higher rate of vibration of 250,000,000 a second.