PIONEER PORTRAITS

Fifteen Years Ago

May 13, 2010

[Photo caption] In The Footsteps of a Giant.

Twenty-Five Years Ago

May 18, 2000

Mendoza and Romero Prom Royalty. The junior class held their prom Saturday evening beginning with dinner, and then the live music began the evening of dancing. The highlight of the evening was the crowning of the Queen Isela Mendoza and King Eric Romero. The theme for the evening was Truly, Madly, Deeply. It was a memorable evening.

Washington winter wheat crop is good, but in need of moisture. The winter wheat crop prospects in Washington are good to excellent. Production forecast is 117.3 million bushels, up 21 percent from last year. Production at this level would place Washington third nationally behind Oklahoma at 155.8 million bushels and Kansas at 404.8 million bushels. Harvested acreage is estimated at 1.75 million acres, an increase of 5% from last year. Yield is estimated at 67 bushels per acre, 9 bushels more than last year's yield of 58 bushels per acre. Record yield for winter wheat was 70 bushels per acre in 1996. "Recent rains have helped the crop, but additional precipitation will be needed. Heading has begun, which is ahead of both last year and the 5-year average. About 90 percent of the crop is rated as being good or excellent condition," said Doug Hasslen, State Statistician.

Fifty Years Ago

May 15, 1975

Grain Sale Cancellations. The USSR has cancelled an order for 200,000 tons of U.S. corn because of quality problems on shipments already received, and exporters will reportedly supply about 3 million bushels of U.S. wheat after July 1 and quantities of corn from other export markets by September 30 in place of the cancelled business. So far, there has been little progress on the settlement of the 12 million bushel US-Turkey wheat agreement which the Turks want to cancel to avoid paying higher prices under their contract than currently exist in the export market.

Seventy-Five Years Ago

May 12, 1950

Flower Exchange And Sale Listed By Garden Club. A flower exchange and sale will be held Monday, May 15, at 10:00 to 12:00 a.m. in the Morgan lot on Main Street. The Garden Club is sponsoring the exchange and sale and will have many plants and bulbs to offer garden lovers of the city. The Dayton florist will be on hand with a truckload of plants such as delphiniums, columbine, daisies, asters salvias, geraniums, and gladiolus bulbs. Officers of women's organizations are requested to notify membership of this exchange and sale which is being stressed with the hope of holding such an event in the spring and fall.

One Hundred Years Ago

May 29, 1925

Harlan Mills has replaced his old car with a brand new Rickenbacker brougham coach and received delivery this week.

W. J. Duncan who has a fine garden this year, delivered his first gallon of peas to Bradley's Inn Saturday. This was the first local peas on the market, and W. J. received $1 for the lot.

The City Council received Tuesday from the manufacturers at Portland 12 8-foot iron frame benches for Presto nPark.

One Hundred Twenty-Five Years Ago

May 11, 1900

John and Paul Moore, Miss Sadie Mason and Miss Cora Babcock, left for the Paradise country on a month's visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Moore.

A.W. Phillips of Coppei, with a force of men, this week are erecting a large fruit-dryer in order to care for the large crop of prunes which he expects this season. Mr. Phillips says the dryer will accommodate about eight tons of fruit at one time.