Good Ol' Days

125 Years Ago

From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, May 13, 1898

WITH TEARS AND JOY

Decoration Day Will Be Observed Appropriately.

Then Comes the Red Fire of the Glorious Fourth and the County Fair.

With the customary enterprise and patriotism of the citizzens of Colfax Decoration day will be appropriately observed, with tears and flowers for the sleeping soldiers under the cemetery's sod; the Fourth of July will be celebrated as it never has been before with newly awakened patriotic fire, and the greatest county fair in the history of great and growing Whitman will be held.

Nath. Lyton Post No. 19, G. A. R. Has a committee of five, consisting of L.A. Dubois Capt. Ewart, L. T. Bragg, Lee Miller and Chas. Von Soehnen arranging for the proper observance of Decoration day, May 30. The program, is is expected will be ready for the public next week. The awakened patriotism of the people on account of the Spanish war will certainly make of the day one which will long be remembered by the people.

100 Years Ago

From the Colfax Commoner, Friday, May 11, 1923

Palouse

The members of the Kootima Camp Fire Girls met at the home of Miss Marie Boone Saturday. They spent the time making candy, which will be sold at their sale May 12.

A baseball benefit dance was held last Saturday at the old White place near Kennedy Ford.

Miss Jean Murray who participated in the declamation contest won first place. Miss Murray is in the sixth grade and her reading was entitled "The Punishment of Robert."

The members of the Baptist Mission circle met at the home of Mrs. Andrew Lund Wednesday afternoon.

The Palouse Tennis association reorganized and A. H. Poage was elected president, William Batten, secretary and Mrs. Effie Poage, treasurer.

75 Years Ago

From the Colfax Gazette-Commoner, Friday, May 14 , 1948

Rivers Run Bank Full; Dike Checks Overflow

Colfax looked with uneasiness Saturday night and Sunday as waters of the north and south branches of the Palouse, rising under a steady downpour of rain, threatened to give the city what would have been its fourth flood since January 9.

The greatest danger was from the North Palouse , but it began to recede at 4 p.m. Sunday after coming within 1 ½ feet of the high mark of February 26. The South Palouse peak was 3 ½ feet lower than that of the big flood but some businessmen took no chances, made their basement pumps ready and kept watch throughout the night.

Mayor Ralph Owen, who got home at 5 a.m. , worked with men from the street department and police officers in keeping a check on the dike that had been thrown up along the east bank of the North Palouse at the north end of the twin bridge on the Spokane highway. This embankment. 100 feet long, kept water from overflowing the channel. Seepage water on First was kept from running into Morton by a blockade of sand bags.

50 Years Ago

From the Colfax Gazette, Thursday, May 10, 1973

Colfax Jaycees elect officers

Colfax Jaycees elected officers at their last regular meeting. Left to right are Barry Folsom, president; Jim Rudolph, treasurer; Cliff Carrick, state director; and Bill Rodgers, vice president. Unable to be present was Ray Fjetland, secretary. Folsom said young men interested in joining the Jaycees can contact one of the officers or attend meetings on the second and fourth Thursday of each month at 7:30 in the Jaycee room of the Grady building.

25 Years Ago

From the Whitman County Gazette, Thursday, May 14, 1998

Port ponders PIP walkway options

Paths more often traveled at the Pullman Industrial Park are currently under consideration by the Port of Whitman.

Increased pedestrian traffic at the industrial park is causing some safety concerns which Pullman officials say should be addressed with new sidewalks, Port Manager Randy Bostrum reported last Thursday.

Sidewalks on such streets are required by city code, he told port commissioners.

"The city is still trying to push the sidewalk issue," Bostrum said, adding that he felt because the site is industrial sidewalks aren't necessary. "If you go to industrial parks in Spokane there are no sidewalks. It's the same thing."

The board agreed that adding them to areas at the park could be very expensive and said they would like to pursue other options if possible.

Port Project Coordinator Debbit Shephard noted that the city and university, recently, had problems with their pricey sidewalk additions.

10 Years Ago

From the Whitman County Gazette, Thursday, May 9, 2013

Pittman wins X-Factor Trip

Collin Pittmann, Rosalia seventh grader, was one of three finalists selected in the X-Factor television tryouts last week in Spokane. Pittmann was among 150 performers who took part in the regional tryout at Spokane. He will go to Denver next week for the next audition round.

Collin, now 13, competed in the 12-yto-24 age division. He sang "Let it Be" and "You're Beautiful" in the Spokane Event.