100 years ago

June 21, 1917 — It is up to America either to feed the allies or to fight the great war alone. It is up to America to demand passage of the Lever Food Control Bill if the Teuton hosts are to be kept from American Shores. These were the two outstanding features of Herbert Hoover’s warning to senators when he appeared before them to explain the food control bill. Under a fire of cross-examination Hoover cleared away much misunderstanding about the bill. Here are some of the potent factors he told calmly, but with an intenseness that made an obviously deep impression even on some of those senators who have opposed the drastic measure: “The administration food control is to depend largely on the volunteer, patriotic support of the people from producer to consumer.”

75 years ago

June 11, 1942 — Sunday has been proclaimed Redmond Day at the Sister’s Rodeo scheduled to take place June 13 and 14. All Redmond is urged to turn out in support of the event, which promises to be a gala two-day show. Mary Saxton, Deschutes county Pomona Grange Candidate for queen of the rodeo, was still in the lead when votes were counted by the board Sunday. Miss Saxton earned another 100 votes for herself by selling the most tickets during the week just ended. The three other candidates for queen, Edna Demaris, Sisters Civic Club candidate; Mildred Meder, Deschutes county fair candidate and Pherne Grindle candidate of the AFL carpenters union of Bend, are running Miss Saxton a close race.

50 years ago

June 15, 1967 — West Coast Airlines will start MiniLiner service to Roberts Field July 15, with three flights per day, it has been announced by E.N. Altman, vice president for community and industrial relations. This information came Monday in a letter from Seattle to J.R. Roberts, secretary-treasurer of Redmond Airport Commission. Altman stated that West Coast has received endorsements from Redmond Chamber of Commerce and Redmond Education Association, as well as from the airport commission. “While the details of this proposed schedule stress the Portland – San Francisco service that will be available to Bend/Redmond, it should also be realized that this schedule will enable connecting schedules to many other points not now readily accessible to Redmond,” Altman stated in his letter.

25 years ago

June 10, 1992 — SISTERS — Numerous Sisters-area residents know firsthand the devastation wildfire can cause. A catastrophic fire three miles northeast of Sisters caused $5,000,000 in property damage, destroyed five homes, consumed 935 acres of public and private lands and forced the evacuation of numerous families Monday and Tuesday. The Sage Flat Fire, which began shortly after 2 p.m. Monday, was 40 percent contained by Tuesday afternoon, with fire lines encircling about 85 percent of the area, according to Mike Skeels, fire information officer at the multi-agency coordination center in Bend, which also organized attacks on the Haner Butte Fire south of LaPine Monday. Depending on weather and prevailing winds, Skeels estimated containment of the Sage Flat fire could come Thursday night.