This Week in History

25 years ago (1999)

Coast Guard rescues dog off Depoe Bay

A boat crew from U.S. Coast Guard Station Depoe Bay helped rescue an 18-month-old spaniel from about 60 feet down a cliff at Pirates Cove April 16.

The dog, named Luke, had become stranded somehow. The cliff was too steep to repel down, so a 30-foot Coast Guard boat has launched into the cove. At first they were going to put a swimmer in the water, but when they called the dog, he decided to abandon his perch and make a swim for it. He swam right to the Coast Guard boat and was taken back to the station.

Barge in port

The Lucky Logger, a barge operated by Brusco Tug & Barge, brought a load of logs into Yaquina Bay on Wednesday.

The logs were offloaded at the Port of Newport’s International Terminal and will be trucked to Dallas to a Willamette Industries sawmill.

The barge, which came from the Port Angeles, Washington, area in the Olympic Peninsula, carried 296 bundles of logs equaling about 1.1 million board feet.

College buys Taft Fire Hall for campus in Lincoln City

Oregon Coast Community College now has purchased the old Taft Fire Hall at 1206 48th St. in Lincoln City, contingent on obtaining a conditional use permit.

“This exciting development is a watershed event for OCCC,” said OCCC President Patrick O’Connor of the purchase.

This acquisition would double the amount of instructional space available in north Lincoln County.

Tribe plans housing project on lake

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians plan to develop housing at property owned by the tribe at the north end of Devils Lake, said Tribal Chair Dolores Pigsley at the Lincoln City Council meeting on Monday, April 26.

Preliminary figures call for 20 homes on 30 parcels.

50 years ago (1974)

All bark, no bite

Lincoln City recently has received several complaints about dogs biting people, the city attorney advised the city council at Monday night’s meeting.

“The problem is that we don’t have a dog control ordinance with any teeth in it,” he said.

He litterly finds way into jail

On April 19, John Pickens was celebrating Earth Week by picking up litter along highways in the Waldport area.

This week, he appeared in district court on a charge of offensive littering of those same highways. He was fined $58, sentenced to 15 days in jail with 13 days suspended, and placed on one-year probation.

In addition, he was fined $32 and given 10-day suspended jail sentence on the charge of being a minor in possession of alcoholic beverages.

Electric blanket blamed in fire

Five firefighting units and approximately 10 men responded to a fire that gutted Tidewater’s former Grange Hall early Friday morning.

A faulty electric blanket on a child’s bed is believed to be the cause. No serious injuries were reported, however, a 3-year-old boy, one of three residents of the building, was treated for minor burns at the scene.

Waldport’s fire department received the call about 4 a.m.

Shopping center reports said to be ‘premature’

Reports that surfaced last week about a shopping center on Highway 101 near Northeast Sixth Street in Newport are apparently premature.

McKay’s Markets of Coos Bay and Thrifty Drugs of Los Angeles confirm that they are exploring a shopping center site in Newport through a development firm, but spokesmen for both firms said no definite plans have been formalized.

75 years ago (1949)

Newport gathers crabs, prepares parade floats for expected 100,000 visitors

Newport‘s tempo increased this week as the town’s some 4,000 citizens geared preparations into increasingly higher speed for the year’s big blowout next week when 100,000 visitors are expected to throng the vacation city for the seventh annual Crab Festival.

Turkey-person average heavy

Over 400 pounds of turkey were served to the 430 persons who attended the Fleet of Flowers benefit dinner held at the Taft Legion Hall Friday night. This was a record crowd for the event, sponsored by the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Sanitation topic of chamber meet

The DeLake Chamber of Commerce Monday night discussed the local sanitation problem and ordered the secretary to write the State Board of Health relative to the appointment of a local representative with power to enforce the building of adequate sewage systems as part of all new construction in this area.

The problem of a public restroom on the beach, as well as a roadway to the beach was also discussed.

Rival school groups talk plans today

Representatives of opposing factions over the question of how to finance new schools for the county will meet at 8 tonight at Toledo City Hall in an attempt to arrive at a plan acceptable to the voters.

In the event a plan acceptable to both groups is not agreed upon tonight, the Newport Chamber of Commerce will call a public meeting of persons in the Newport area to discuss the problem.

100 years ago (1924)

Governor Pierce signs quarantine on California products

Everything possible is being done to prevent the spread of the dreaded foot and mouth disease from California to Oregon, according to word received from the Oregon Wool Growers Association.

Governor Pierce has recently signed a quarantine on products coming into Oregon from that state.

Lincoln County has opportunity to get real advertising

Arthur Foster, member of the Land Settlement Department of the State Chamber of Commerce, is here to meet with the people of Lincoln County for the purpose of getting some real action towards locating families on farms in this section.

Mr. Foster states that practically every county in the state has taken up the work, and he will explain his proposition to delegations from Waldport, Newport, Siletz and Toledo at a meeting to be held at the Chamber of Commerce Friday morning.

Bank of Waldport closed by state bank examiner

According to word received here from Waldport last Saturday evening, The Bank of Waldport closed its doors that morning due, it is said, to many bad loans made by officials of the bank to irresponsible parties.

State Assistant Superintendent of Banks William Adair ordered the bank closed.

Closing hours for Toledo stores

Starting today, May 1, all Toledo merchants will close their places of business at 7 p.m. sharp, as announced in last week’s issue of the Leader.

The 7 o’clock closing hours will be observed every night in the week with the exception of Saturday nights and Pacific Spruce pay nights.

The stores will be closed all day Sundays.