Good Old Days: Nov. 22, 2018
November 22, 2018
125 years ago
The Commoner, Nov. 10 ,1893
The Union Pacific management has held out a promise for a year or two to build a new depot on the Colfax railroad grounds. The promise may take some time to materialize, but it would be great boon to the public if a few improvements were made without delay. These need not be of a very costly character. Railway men need not be informed that at any depot in a town the size of Colfax many persons of both sexes are to be found assembled and in waiting long before the trains are due. This is the case morning and afternoon, and day after day here.
100 years ago
The Colfax Commoner, Nov. 8, 1918
Colfax went wild over the peace news which was received Thursday morning and big siren whistles were turned loose, the church bells were rung, automobiles dashed up and down the street sounding their horns and bedlam broke loose. The city officials, recognizing the pent up enthusiasm, ordered the business houses to close from twelve-o'clock noon until three-o'clock and everyone was permitted to give vent to his patriotic feelings. It has been nearly two years since the people of this city were given an opportunity to celebrate and despite the ravages of influenza, the people assembled, they came from all parts of the city, they came from the country, and marching behind the Colfax band they paraded the streets, shouted themselves hoarse, waved flags and after nearly three hours of continuous celebration they disbanded through physical exertion.
75 years ago
The Colfax Gazette-Commoner, Nov. 5, 1943
Alleging the city of Colfax was negligent in allowing the wooden stairway on the Spring Street hill, between the Union Pacific right-of-way and Deanway, to get in a dangerous condition, Earl H. Kidder and his wife, Christine M. Kidder, 111 Deanway, presented a claim to the council Monday evening for injuries suffered October 7 by Mrs. Kidder. Asserting Mrs. Kidder suffered a left wrist fracture, a severe cut over the knee, severe body bruises and nervous shock due to the breaking of a step mid-way between the last landing and the railroad track.
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There will be no formal observation of the Nov. 11 Armistice Day this year, American Legion has decided. It is generally accepted that business houses and offices will be closed. A football game between Colfax and Pullman high schools at Schmuck Park in the afternoon is the only scheduled public attraction.
50 years ago
The Colfax Gazette, Nov. 7, 1968
The Pine City school building has been sold and will be torn down. It was built in 1913 and holds many fond memories for the people in the community.
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Kenneth Lonn has sold his stock of TREK tractor parts, his distributorship for a 20-county area in the Inland Empire and his trade name of Colfax Welding to Monte Kammerzell and will devote all of his time to making ornamental railings and metal statuary, he announced this week.
25 years ago
Whitman County Gazette, Nov. 11, 1993
Colfax, Steptoe and Garfield fire departments responded to several calls about a fire in Elberton Tuesday night. A controlled fire to burn old railroad ties got out of control and into a stack of salvageable railroad ties and a small pasture. A pile of tires and grass in the area on the Roach property were burned before firefighters got the blaze under control about four hours later. No one was injured and no buildings were threatened.
10 years ago
Whitman County Gazette, Nov. 6, 2008
Now approaching a finish, Whitman County's program to collect and crush scrap cars has undergone several changes since it was announced. The latest change is a deadline extension to mid-November.
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