100 years ago

Arthur S. Rudd, editor-elect of the Oregon Daily Emerald, official student publication of the University of Oregon, who just completed his junior year at the University, has been engaged again to conduct a traveling publicity campaign for the Pendleton Round-Up, according to an announcement made by Association officials this morning.

Rudd arrived from Eugene Saturday night and left on No. 18 tonight for Denver, where he will spend a short time with his parents before beginning his work. His duties will include speech before practically all of the civic organizations between Portland and Denver, and the general circulation of Round-Up publicity in written and spoken form.

He expects to reach Pendleton again in August and will then work north probably to Spokane, later carrying the campaign into Portland. While in Oregon and adjoining states the publicity man will assist in the organization of special Round-Up trains and will confer with business men and others on the attitude toward the various features of the show.

50 years ago

Diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus, polio, rubella, mumps and measles — all can be easily prevented, even eradicated, through vaccinations.

“So, why do people still get sick from them?” asks Dr. Tamara Vega, Umatilla County health officer.

The reason, she explains, is that parents are not making sure their children are vaccinated.

Health department figures show that 43 per cent of Umatilla County children age 1-4 have been immunized against rubella in public health programs.

The percentage is 37.9 in Morrow County and 36.1 statewide. Figures on the other diseases are not available, but “It’s the same situation with measles, the same with mumps, the same with diphtheria and all the others,” Dr. Vega said.

She said vaccinations for diphtheria, whooping cough, tetanus and polio should be given to children when they are between three months and one year old. Rubella, measles and mumps vaccinations should be administered to children between one and two years of age.

25 years ago

The Tillamook County Creamery Association is looking at sites with dry, milk climates such as Hermiston in northeast Oregon to locate dairies and a satellite cheese processing plant.

Harold Schild, president of Tillamook Cheese, told members of the Governor’s Food Processing Council Tuesday that burdensome environmental regulation, manure management costs and urban pressures are squeezing dairies out of business in Western Oregon.

Although a half dozen other sites may be considered, Schild said Hermiston looks like a leading contender.

“The Hermiston area meets our basic criteria of a dry climate mild enough to grow corn and alfalfa,” Schild said.

Schild cites the high costs of complying with regulations requiring dairies to store manure during rainy months, which can last from October to through March in some areas, as a major factor prompting a likely shift of future dairy production from rainy Western Oregon to drier climates east of the Cascades.