A weekly look back compiled by the Clark County Historical Museum from The Columbian archives available at columbian.newspapers.com or at the museum.
100 years ago
The Clarke County Dairymen stressed the importance of cooperation among local producers at the organization’s picnic on Sept. 15, 1923, at Battle Ground Lake. In a speech, Clyde Riddell informed attendees that, in 1922, the county produced 17.6 million gallons of milk “valued at approximately $1,000,000 a year for the county” (or nearly $17.7 million in today’s dollars). “Mr. Riddell spoke of the value of the Battle Ground cheese factory, and since everyone at the picnic tasted the cheese and knew something of its quality, there was no surprise when he told of the success of the enterprise.” Other speakers included a farm loan employee and a “student of co-operative marketing.”
75 years ago
E.L. Liming brought about the demise of an animal, variously described as “a grey timber wolf and a ‘large coyote,’ ” often seen roaming the wooded areas surrounding the Vancouver Barracks on Sept. 23, 1948. Liming, a local school bus driver, received permission from law enforcement to go after the 40-pound coyote. After spotting it “emerging from the trees in the south end of the Barracks, Liming raised his buckshot-loaded shotgun and let it fly.”
50 years ago
On Sept. 23, 1973, Clark College announced its class offerings for the upcoming fall quarter, including a new political science course focused “on the relationship between Congress and the President.” With increased interest in the subject due to the Watergate hearings, instructor Paul Aldinger’s course provided “an examination of the balance of power, the constitutional authority of Congress, the constitutional issues involved in Watergate, and the relationship between Congress and the President in policy-making decisions.” Clark College was also offering the art of making Danish pastry, and “People and Politics,” a course melding English 101 and Political Science 101.
