July 27, 1950
The second application of anti-mosquito spray (DDT) is scheduled this week in the early morning to prevent spray from damaging items on clotheslines and softening wax on parked cars. The first operation used 350 gallons of a 5% DDT and 3% pyronone in an oil mixture, and this second application will use 500 gallons.
Frontier Days queen candidates were outfitted with handmade pioneer-fashioned outfits by members of the Sweet Home Women’s Club. The skirts were blue, red and brown cotton check with three tiers of ruffles, accessorized with matching sunbonnets and purses.
The County Health Officer stated that no cases of poliomyelitis (polio) have yet been reported in Linn County this year. Sixteen cases were reported last year, which occurred September through November.
The brakes on J.P. Evans’ La Salle touring car failed to hold as he pulled up to park at the Foster Cafe, causing him to crash into the plate glass window. He was uninjured.
July 24, 1975
The City of Sweet Home and Linn County had a tiff and are no longer living together. Linn County commissioners want to charge the city $10 a day for keeping Sweet Home prisoners in county jail, so the city countered with an $85 charge per month for the deputies using the police station. Dissatisfied with this turn, the Sheriff’s Department is moving to the U.S. Forest Service’s Sweet Home Ranger District office.
A plan to build an airport on the land owned by TOMCO and Jim Stock, east of Sweet Home, was considered by Linn County Commissioners. They decided to further explore the proposal and applicable laws with the City of Sweet Home.
July 26, 2000
The U.S. Dept. of Justice and Willamette Industries came to an agreement regarding Clean Air Act issues relating to some of Willamette’s composite panel and plywood plants. Willamette agreed to install air emission control equipment and emission control devices that destroy volatile organic compounds, as well as pay an $11 million fine and fund $8 million in environmental projects.
A bull owned by Ron Blackwell, of Crawfordsville, earned the title of supreme champion bull at the Linn County Fair. The bull, named Kalapuya Tailor 602 C, is only five months old and is expected to weight more than 800 pounds by September.
A stolen John Deere back hoe was recovered after a tip led police to use the Internet for clues. It was believed the suspects used a John Deere website to determine if the back hoe had a location device and how to disable it. Officers tracked the location of the computer that did made that search, and the suspect told them where to find the equipment. It was buried under two feet of dirt behind White’s Electronics.