Days Gone By: Dec. 16, 2009

Dec. 16, 1909

Deputy United States Marshal T.E. Mammersley is up from Portland in search of an Indian woman who is in contempt of court and who if caught will b placed in jail. She is Te-te-mi-at, mother of Frank Johnson, who is about to be placed on trial in the federal court in Portland on the charge of larceny. The mother is the complaining witness, but after she was subpoenaed to appear against her son, her mother love overcame her feeling of injury and she has gone into hiding, choosing to defy the government of the United States rather than appear against her erring son.

50 Years Ago

From the East Oregonian

Dec. 16, 1959

The city of Milton-Freewater continued to look today for a location for a two million gallon reservoir. The Union High School board Monday was offered $1,000 for half an acre in the Zara Hoon tract at the top of a hill south of the Freewater section. But five members of the board, headed by President Gib Olinger and represented by attorney Henry Kaye, refused the offer at the City Council meeting. They explained the property was part of 31 acres purchased years ago for school development.

25 Years Ago

From the East Oregonian

Dec. 16, 1984

Annette Olofson, an exchange student from Norrkoping, Sweden, dressed as the Lucia bride this week and served Lussekatter rolls to her American family, the Kirt Skinners of Pendleton, on Lucia bride day. In Sweden, it?s a great honor to be chosen Lucia bride. On the morning of the traditional holiday, the bride wakes up the family and brings them the rolls baked the previous night. Traditionally, she wears a crown of lit candles and sings a traditional Swedish song.