We may never know what “Walker hrdltshrdl hrdl hrdlu rdluuu” means, but a century ago, someone at the print shop left this cryptic message in a story about a Banks man playing on the radio.
Washington County
With one day to go, county has received ballots from 15.8% of voters
The May 16 special district wraps up Tuesday evening at 8 p.m., and according to the Washington County Elections division, 15.8% of eligible voters had returned a ballot as of Monday afternoon.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 10, 1923
A century ago, fire consumed the Glenwood Post Office. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County May 3, 1923
“Help protect our forests from fire,” a timely message valid today as it was in 1923. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
WCCCA unveils new emergency dispatch center
Washington County leaders held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Monday, April 24 to mark the opening of a new county dispatch center.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 26, 1923
Moonshine, landslides, and the Banks American Legion sells chicks to raise funds for new building. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Washington County offers cash incentive for old wood stoves
Seven spots remained Monday morning for the county’s cash for woodstoves program.
Register to vote by April 25
For the upcoming May 16 election, the deadline to register to vote or update your registration is Tuesday, April 25.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 19, 1923
A man pulls a gun on a Gales Creek farmer while fishing: his “license to fish anywhere in the state of Oregon.” This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
Dispatches from history: Western Washington County April 5, 1923
A bad week for workers at the Gales Creek Logging Co., squirrel poisoning season, and $8—”quite a sum of money”—raised in Kansas City. This and more in this week’s edition of Dispatches from History, chronicling 1923 in Gales Creek, Banks, and beyond.
