110 years ago
July 16, 1914
The dates for the 10th Annual Crook County Fair have been set for Sept. 16-19. The directors of the association are working hard to bring out all worthy exhibits in the county, and many special premiums are being offered by individuals for work of art and products of the farm. Lectures will be given during the fair on subjects of general interest.
Let everyone bring some product of the farm, garden, orchard or workshop and help make this the biggest fair ever held in Crook County. The directors cannot make a fair a success unassisted, so bring in your stuff and make this occasion one to be long remembered.
75 years ago
July 14, 1949
Solution of a telephone problem in the Powell Butte district of west Crook County was achieved at a meeting at the Powell Butte grade school cafeteria Tuesday night, when H.C. Kerron, district manager of the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company at Bend announced that his company is ready to provide modern dial service next summer for 54 applicants who had asked telephone connected with the Prineville exchange.
Telephone communications in the Powell Butte district were disrupted over a year ago when lines of the Central Electric cooperative, built parallel to the lines of three farmer-owned systems, which were served by a hook-up with Prineville, created disturbances such as could only be remedied by expensive readjustments to the phone lines.
50 years ago
July 18, 1974
The ninth annual running of parimutuel races at the Prineville Turf again toppled old records for attendance and wagering for the overall four-day event, held July 10-13 at the Crooked River Roundup Grounds.
The weather put a damper on wagering enthusiasm Wednesday night, with a chilly wind and threatening showers producing only $21,383 for the nine races held that night.
But crowds rallied considerably Thursday evening, crossing the betting windows with $25,078. Friday was even better, with $29,455 totaled that night.
Saturday, the last chance for unlucky losers to pick up some change, topped the previous record last year, $34,005, by nearly $4,900, with $38,834 added up for the night.
The average betting total for all four nights of $28,687 smashed the old record of $26,672 per night for any previously held Prineville Turf Race.
Attendance for the four nights was 20,000, an average crowd of 5,000 each evening, with larger crowds on Friday and Saturday.
25 years ago
July 15, 1999
The city has begun the process of acquiring the land along Ochoco Creek that once was home to a duplex and 18 mobile homes. After the Parkside Mobile Home Park flooded a year or so ago, that property was declared uninhabitable by the federal government and will be turned into green space.
A year ago, the owners of the land along the creek between Dunham and Court streets asked what the city’s plans for the site were. The Simmons’ brothers were told that the city was planning on buying their flood-ravaged mobile home park and would use federal disaster money to pay for it.
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