100 years ago

July 19, 1917 — Kaiser Wilhelm has accepted the resignation of his imperial chancellor, Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg and has appointed Dr. Geo Michaelis, under-secretary of finance for Prussia and a privy councilor, in his place. No further details were given. Undoubtedly, however, the whole Hollweg cabinet has fallen. Official confirmation was had that the Prussian minister of war, General Von Stein, had resigned, and that his retirement had been approved by the Kaiser. The resignations of all the Prussian cabinet were formally tendered the Kaiser several days ago, when the German political situation became acute. The emperor delayed acceptance of several of these, but deployed dispatches from Berlin mentioned that neither minister of the interior Helfferich, nor Minister of Instruction Solz of the Prussian Ministry had been in attendance at recent meetings of that body, indicating their imperial master had dropped them from his official list of councilors.

75 years ago

July 23, 1942 — Redmond has been selected for the district office of the Farm Security Administration in the current reorganization, serving 10 Central and Southern Oregon counties, it was learned from reliable sources this week by the Spokesman. Counties served will include Deschutes, Cook, Jefferson, Harney, Grant, Wheeler, Klamath, Lake, Jackson and Josephine, with county offices at Prineville, Klamath Falls, Medford, Grants Pass and Redmond. Lewis A. Nichols, former district FSA supervisor in the Portland office, is expected to arrive in Redmond Saturday to take over the new assignment. Additional staff personnel will be announced as soon as final plans for the office have been completed. Approval of substantial appropriations for Farm Security in the new agricultural bill just passed by congress indicate FSA will be able to carry out an extensive program of “war loans” to enable small and part-time farmers to participate in the all-out food production, expand small cooperatives, purchasing and marketing and health association activities during the coming year.

50 years ago

July 20, 1967 — Pre-innagural flights and a brief program Friday at Roberts Field preceded start of West Coast Airlines’ MiniLiner services to Central Oregon Saturday morning, July 15. “Miss Oregon,” brand-new Piper Navajo christened Friday morning in Portland, brought West Coast officials here at 9 o’clock. Aboard were H.E. Wallace, vice president; Vern Chase, director of marketing; Dick Wright, manager of marketing development; Rusy Rostard, district sales manager for Oregon and Walt Steckline, city sales manager at Portland. Capt. Ed Lungren of Seattle piloted the MiniLiner, which carries seven passengers and cruises in excess of 200 miles per hour. Rostad presided at the ceremonies, with Mayor Gus Meyers of Redmond welcoming the new service and value of an increased number of daily flights.

25 years ago

July 15, 1992 — The City of Redmond is going to crack down on people and establishments it finds violating the social gaming ordinance. After months of considering the social gaming issue, the city council Tuesday agreed the city should draw up specific rules governing games and pull the social gaming license or cite those businesses found in violation. The council directed staff to bring back a proposal to the next city council meeting specifying rules for keeping poker and blackjack in the social game realm. Redmond Chief of Police Jim Carlton, who has led the effort to ensure social games stay within the confines of state law, emphasized to the council Tuesday that he is “not opposed to social games in Redmond, but what we have is illegal gambling.”