Compiled by Don Hoiness from archived copies of The Bulletin at Deschutes County Historical Society.

100 YEARS AGO

For the week ending

Aug. 18, 1918

Montdidier completely surrounded by allies

Germans are caught in trap – Thousands of prisoners are taken.

FRANCO-BRITISH-AMERICANS STILL GAINING

MORLANCOURT AND OTHER IMPORTANT TOWNS ARE IN HANDS OF THE ALLIES — GERMANS EXPECTED TO RETIRE TO NEW POSITIONS FURTHER EAST — PENETRATION OF THE FRENCH HAS BEEN GREAT.

French within one mile of both Roye and Lassigny

Germans are offering heavy defense but are slowly pressed back. House to house fighting at St. Mard. Large number of prisoners and great quantities of material are taken by the allies — Germans are reported to be constructing new “Hindenberg Line” — Enemy may evacuate Salient.

British expedition arrives at Baku Russia after marching over five hundred miles

While the continued success of the allies on the west front is continued, directly threatening the fall of Albert, Lassigny and Roye, the west front has been temporarily overshadowed by the events on the east front, which are scattered in widely separated sectors over much of European and Asiatic Russia, some 4,000 miles apart.

The arrival of a British expedition in Baku, the great Russian oil center, following a 700-mile journey from Bagdad by land and water, is regarded as one of the most dramatic episodes of the great war.

No previous announcement had been made here that such a movement was even contemplated. The expedition marched for more than 500 miles overland through the most difficult territory, afterward completing the journey by steamer.

Meanwhile the allies are apparently closing in on the Bolshevik army in Northern Russia from three sides. The Bolsheviki, offering the most determined resistance, have withdrawn to Obscrerskaya, 100 miles south of the railroad to Valgoda.

Bolsheviki claim victory

The Bolsheviki claim to have defeated the allies near Onega, 100 miles southwest of Archangel. Other successes against the Czechoslovaks are also claimed. A Moscow statement declares that the enemy have abandoned their positions after violent fighting. The Bolsheviki are determined to defend Moscow as long as possible. Kremlin has been strengthened with guns implanted in the entrances to the city, while trenches have been thrown up.

75 YEARS AGO

For the week ending

Aug. 18, 1943

Rome and Berlin bombed by allied fliers

Great waves of American bombers dropped tons of high explosives on Rome for the second time, a few hours after the largest number of British planes ever to attack Italy had smashed targets in Milan and Turin and a fleet of light RAF bombers had attacked Berlin.

The American crews were careful as they had been in the earlier raid on Rome, to avoid non-military targets. In this case, railroads were the main objective because the axis has ignored allied warnings and continued to use Rome as a communications center.

$1 per haircut is new price

Adult haircuts at union barber shops will cost $1 starting next Monday, Barbers’ Union local 195 announced today.

The increase from the present price of 75 cents, formerly the highest in history, was voted at a meeting last night.

Charles Whitman, union business agent, said the increase in the cost of living necessitated the boost.

Elk Lake regatta canceled for 1943

The annual Elk Lake regatta, featuring picturesque sailboat races on the mile-high lake near the Cascade summit, will not be held this year because of wartime travel restrictions, it was decided Sunday at a meeting of the Elk Lake Yacht Club.

The meeting was held at the summer home of C.E. Cleveland, commodore, at the lake. At an election all officers were re-elected for another year: Cleveland as commodore: Delbert Staples, vice-commodore and Mrs. R.M. Howard, secretary.

A pot-luck dinner was served following the meeting.

Members decided to have a plaque made bearing the names of club members now in the armed forces.

Although many members of the club are sailing on the lake this year, no plans have been made for formal races.

50 YEARS AGO

For the week ending

Aug. 18, 1968

Sunriver’s initial success answers some questions

Can a top-flight, expensive real estate development succeed in Central Oregon? Will Oregonians pay prices in the Southern California range for top-drawer developments? Will lots sell at a minimum price of over $4,000 only a short distance from developments in which lots costing one-tenth as much are moving more slowly?

The answer to all these questions appears to be an unqualified “yes.” The Sunriver development on the Deschutes south of Bend seems to be a success. Sales have moved at a much faster rate than expected. Almost all sales have been made to residents of Oregon, who heretofore have limited their purchases of the more luxurious facilities to areas on the Oregon coast.

Sunriver is planned as a 20-year development program. The corporation headed by John Gray and Don McCallum owns 5,500 acres, and doesn’t expect to built it all up in a year or two.

One of the major local needs in this area has been for a convention center capable of taking care of large groups. Sunriver will have it.

The Bend Golf Club has talked for years about increasing its facilities. Its members did finance a new clubhouse. But the club still struggles along with a nine hole course. Sunriver will start right away on its second nine, plus a swimming pool, plus tennis courts. Sunriver facilities will be open to all initially and it would appear the Bend Golf Club might have to wait until Sunriver is crowded before it will find enough support for an enlarged facility of its own.

One real plus has been the reputation of its developers. They are honorable men. Their previous records are well known to many Oregon residents. And Gray’s development at Salishan has become one of the state’s show spots, widely recognized for its high quality.

A second major factor has been the obvious willingness of the developers to spend money, in large sums, for solid accomplishment. Initial facilities are well built and attractive. The roads aren’t dusty. Down trees have been cleaned up. It’s not hard to imagine a nice future, when there’s been a nice start.

Sunriver is going to be a major factor in the economic life of this area. That’s been obvious since Gray and McCallum first became involved in the old Camp Abbot site. But major factors haven’t always been completely welcome. This one is.

Artificial hearts: No. 2 industry?

A secret government sponsored study says artificial hearts soon will be the nation’s no. 2 industry, behind automobiles.

A member of Stanford’s heart transplant team, predicted the need for heart transplants “might be as high as 100,000 a year.” He said an artificial heart “might run as high as $20.000” with annual serving costs of $1,500.

25 YEARS AGO

For the week ending

Aug. 18, 1993

Indian protest reminds feds of past, present wrongs

Tribal leaders upset over a lack of federal funding for an interpretative center to tell their side of the Western migration story have staged a symbolic “attack” on the Oregon Trail wagon train.

The Indian leaders, including Cayuse Chief Jesse Jones and Umatilla Chief Bill Burke donned warrior dress and met the wagon train on the boundary of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and led it about a mile. They promised the visitors safe passage but objected to the “economic injustice” shown by federal officials.

“While much has been oriented toward the non-Indians and the migrant experience, we have maintained our continual presence – we were here when the first wagons rolled by and we are still here,” they said.

Antone Minthorn Chairman of the General Council of the Confederated Tribes presented a brief history of the Umatilla, Cayuse and Walla Walla people, who ceded 6.4 million acres of their homeland for their present reservation.

“We gave up almost everything — our economy, our Indian ways, and to some degree our Indian culture — so you all could seek your dreams,” he said.

But, Minthorn said, the tribes also have dreams. Their vision is to create and interpretive center that tells their story.

The interpretive center, Minthorn said, would stimulate more than $22 million in private investment and provide more than 800 jobs on the reservation, where the unemployment rate is at 28 per-cent.

The tribes have raised more than $4 million, more than the three companion trail projects in Baker City, The Dalles and Oregon City combined. Yet, these three projects will receive federal funding while the tribes effort will not.

“We have to ask, is there a double standard? Are we as a people, being discriminated against?” Minthorn asked.

He said the tribal project has the support of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, but the funding has been blocked in the Senate Interior Appropriations Committee.

Jill Thorne, executive director of the Oregon Trail Coordination Council, said the state supports the tribes’ plans. She said the project did not receive federal funding because it is proposed by Indians.

“The federal government back east continues to send a broken message to the people out west,” she said. “We will continue to assist you in seeking your vision. After all, this tribe set the standard in 1843 when it helped the wagons off the mountains and through their lands. Once again, will you help us down off the mountain and guide us through your land?”

Burke and wagon train leader Jerry Schubert of Pendleton shared a peace pipe, an indication that the wagons would receive safe passage through Indian country.