100 years ago

November 16, 1916 — There is no longer doubt as to the election of Woodrow Wilson, and by a popular majority of nearly one million votes. It was a great endorsement and vindication of his policies of the past four years and makes the passing of the old order of partisanship and the inauguration of the newer American system. Several states were very close, and notably so was New Hampshire, which gave its electoral vote to the president by the small majority of 63 votes. This result was accomplished with New York, Indiana and Illinois in the opposing column and is the third instance in history of the country when a president has been elected with New York, at least, against him. Oregon stands alone, of the western states, in giving Mr. Hughes its electoral vote and this result was due to Multnomah county alone, nearly all other sections of the state going strongly for the democratic candidate.

75 years ago

November 13, 1941 — Field workers are now visiting every farmer in Deschutes county to determine what he can do toward the food-for-defense goals set up for this area. The contact work will be completed by November 25. Visits to all farms in the county are a follow-up of the community agricultural defense meetings completed Thursday night. The program and Deschutes’ goals were explained at Cloverdale, Arnold school, Pine Forest, Eastern Star, Redmond, Tumalo and Terrebonne. Approximative 150 persons filled out sheets at the community meetings, indicating extent of their cooperation. Goals set by the county USDA defense board for increased production are milk, 13 percent; number of milch cows, five percent; eggs, six percent; cattle and calves for slaughter, 22 percent; chickens for slaughter, 9.8 percent; farm gardens 10 percent. Although turkeys were on the list, there is no government price support at 85 percent of parity on that commodity, County agent G. Y. Hagglund pointed out.

50 years ago

November 17, 1966 — TERREBONNE — A standard railroad flashing signal light with gong will be installed at the Terrebonne road crossing of the Oregon Trunk Railroad Co. as a result of an agreement reached Nov. 10 by attorneys for the Railway, Oregon Public Utilities Commission and District Attorney Louis Selken. The hearing, which had been set for Thursday morning, Nov. 10, was recessed to allow consultation between Richard Fransbee and Robert Gette, representing the railway; Dale Crabtree, assistant attorney general representing the PUC, and Selken, representing the community. The agreement specified that: the No. 2 type signal with gong will be installed and expense shared equally by the county and railway; replacement of the signal necessitated by car traffic will rest with the county; replacement caused by train damage will rest with the railway; the county and railway will share equally the expense of repair; the county will be responsible for relocation due to a move of the highway, and the railway will b e responsible for relocation due to change in the railroad.

25 years ago

November 13, 1991 — It took seven years to accomplish, but the Redmond Flight Service Station has won a reprieve. The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday that the Redmond station was selected as one of 31 axillary stations nationwide — and one of only two in the greater Northwest — that will remain open to supplement the network of 61 automated stations. The FAA’s announcement brings to close a seven-year effort by the City of Redmond and local aviation officials to convince the FAA for safety reasons the Redmond station should remain open. The station was scheduled for eventual closure after McMinnville was selected as the site for the regional automated station in April 1984. “We’re extremely pleased,” said Mike Hammer, manager of the station that was honored regionally and nationally as the best non-automated station for 1991. “We don’t know the details yet of what it will mean in terms of staffing, but it’s nice to know that Redmond will be an axillary station.”