From the Dayton Chronicle archives

Ten Years Ago

June 25, 2014

Progress has been made on land acquisition, water rights, customer base and fund raising, was presented to some 50-pllus farmers and citizens attending a special presentation by Columbia Pulp, LLC, by John Begley, board member and manager. A discussion ensued about the price of a ton of straw, the price per ton used for the company model was $60, but indicated that the price could vary from $50 to $80 per ton.

100-Year Anniversary of World War I (1914-1918) was supposed to be "The War to End All Wars." June, 2014, marks one hundredth anniversary of the conflict which took the lives of more than 16 million people.

This week the Dayton Chronicle joins over 400 newspapers around the world who carry the syndicated column written by Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Charles Krauthammer.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

June 23, 1999

Scottish Power, the United Kingdom's largest electrical company, received an approval recommendation from the commission utilities staff for its proposed acquisition of Portland, Oregon-based PacifiCorp. The merger is in the public interest, should improve customer service, and benefit ratepayers, staff members of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission.

The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation will dedicate the Rainwater Wildlife Area in the headwaters of the South Fork Touchet River.

Fifty Years Ago

June 27, 1974

Faye Norris of Dayton, a former Washington State University graduate, has been honored by her alma mater as one of two recipients of the WSU "Alumni Achievement Award". Miss Norris retired in May, 1970, after 40 years of active service as a counselor in the Idaho school system. She was nominated for the award by her teaching constituents and was cited for "her boundless enthusiasm and vital interest pioneering guidance for youth."

Queen Connie Fletcher of Dayton Days and a junior at Dayton High School, won the coveted title of All-Around Cowgirl at the Washington State High School Rodeo Competition at the Southeastern Washington Fairgrounds in Walla Walla.

Dr. Cervi-Skinner and Mrs. Kjell Cervi-Skinner and five-year old son David arrived in Dayton, where Dr. Cervi-Skinner will open his practice in the new Dayton Medical-Dental building. Mrs. Cervi-Skinner, a registered Nurse–anesthetist, will be assisting her husband

Seventy-Five Years Ago

June 23, 1949

Forty years ago: Farm Hands Wanted...$1.50 Day & Up. The combine Separator Tender drew the big wages in 1909: $5 a day. The Driver and Sack Sewer each got $3.50; the Runner made $2.50; Header Box Loaders, Stackers and Spike Pitchers, $2.50 a day. Ten to 30 men in all made up the harvest crew. The difference between farm operations 40 years ago, and today: Crops are diversified, more mechanization, five-man combine crews and higher wages.

City Council asks for a vote on Main Street Widening. The State Highway Department has requested the Council's feelings on the matter and do the people want Main Street widened or not.

One Hundred Years Ago

June, 1924

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

June 24, 1899

The Payne Grove is the finest in the county and the public are invited to bring their camp outfits and spend three days here. A dance platform, good music and on the Fourth, games and sports, appropriate prizes, an oration by Hon. H.E. Hamm will fittingly recognize the nation's national day.

See Here! What is the use of sending below for lumber, you can get all the lumber you want at W.C. Woodward's mill on Eckler Mountain. Dimension stuff, cheaper than you can import it, roads in good shape.

Smallpox in Pomeroy! Gus Schneckloth arrived in Pomeroy after visiting his brother who lives in Dayton and attended a dance out on Breakdown Gulch. Returning to home, not feeling well, called Dr. Kuykendall and found to have smallpox. The streets near the premises have been fenced and all travel stopped in that part of the town.

Correction from the June 6 Archives for 75 Years Ago: Dayton Days' Queen Patricia Woodworth wasn't completely named. She was selected from a group including Donna Dudley, Nellie Anderson, Betty Broadhead, Ardith Hunt, Peggy Johnson, Doramae Spalinger and Betty Hudson.