100 Years Ago

From the East Oregonian

Aug. 16, 1912

As a result of heavy rain which began to fall about 8 oclock last evening and has continued with interruptions ever since, harvesting is again completely suspended in Umatilla county and farmers are anxiously observing the clouds wondering how long it will last. So heavy was the downpour that no attempts were made towards resuming harvesting work this morning and a suspension of work for several days seems probable. That last nights rain has bleached the wheat to some extent is generally declared. This will work against both the weight and the quality of wheat and may mean a lower price than would have otherwise been secured. Farmers are mainly alarmed lest the rain injure the quality of wheat or cause it to sprout should the bad weather continue for several days. The rain will necessitate turning over the wheat sacks now strewn about the fields.

50 Years Ago

From the East Oregonian

Aug. 16, 1962

When Oliver and Bea Calhoun, Pendletonians studying for masters degrees at Colorado State College, Greeley, arrived home from taking friends out to dinner last week, they found that their neighbors had papered their trailer house. Now a free wallpapering job sounds like a pretty good deal, but when the truth of the tale is that several neighboring families had stuffed the trailer house full of all the newspapers they had been saving its really not such a bargain. They were very careful about it, Calhoun reports. They turned off the gas and unplugged the electric appliances. Next morning, all the neighbors helped clean up the mess, hauling away three station wagons full of papers.

25 Years Ago

From the East Oregonian

Aug. 16, 1987

A newly formed Old Town Association hopes to cash in on the seamy history of Old Town Pendleton, creating tours that will draw people to the older part of downtown. In earlier days, Old Town Pendleton was the site of brothels and gunfights. Underneath the streets, a mysterious network of tunnels were said to link stores and basements. Speakeasys, the outlawed nightclubs of the Prohibition era, located in Old Town as well. This was the skid row of Pendleton, said Dave Mitzimberg, chairman of Old Town Association. The tour will focus around three different genres of life in Pendleton: the tunnels, the speakeasys and the brothels, he said.