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JUMPIN HORSIE FARTS! I MISS JIM SPAGG! I REALLY DO.

WHEN THE GRAND FLORAL PARADE WAS DYNAMIC

Portland Mayor Frank L. Peterson and former President Harry S. Truman ride in an open car in the 1955 Rose Festival Parade.

MAYOR CREEPY WILL BE WAVING IN A FEW DAYS TO ALL THE KIDS & PARENTS. THE GOOD NEWS IS ....THE IDIOT WILL NOT BY DRIVING. 

I LOVE OLD PICS OF BARBER SHOPS

Here is one that came my way from the year 1915. Yotke's Barber Shop was located on SW 2nd & Ankeny. This guy was getting his hair cut 94 years ago in Stumptown by Mr. Yotke.

A CLASSIC SHOT OF STUMPTOWN ON BROADWAY

FDR AT OPENING DAY FOR BONNEVILLE DAM

THE HEART BEAT OF AMERICA IN CARDIAC ARREST

This will be interesting, after stupid George W Bush Jr fell for their lies, then the new King of the world Obama handing out more billions to these thugs....Now BANKRUPTCY. We all knew this in October of last year. Bush could of given them the finger and let them go B.K and dump that Union at the same time...Now the Union will end up with pure ownership. Listen...If you need service just pull in to 1600 Penn Ave and ask for your new service adviser..Mr Obama. This country is in much more serious shape than what they are spinning. I feel very sorry for the dealers in this country who are taking the brunt of this fall.

DID SHE HAVE THE STORY? WAS SHE BOUGHT BY SAM THE SHAM?

Yes Sir, working for "OFFICE OF THE MAYOR"...as you can see the badge hanging around Amy Ruiz neck. She worked for the Mercury Newspaper and allegedly had the full scoop on the affair with Adams and young Mr Breedlove. That story was never printed but "SHABANG" she had a job like a snap of the fingers from the magician Kreskin when Adams became Mayor of the city that is truly weird. Does this all sound a bit strange to you? The street says that Bob Ball who is also gay and was running for Mayor (and would of made a dynamic Mayor compared to Adams) gave the scoop to Amy. The scoop of all scoops, and it never got any ink. This is a much bigger story than the sex escapade in the City Hall of Shame Mens Room. Amy Ruiz now with a cushy gig in the Mayors office, what a coincidence.

SHOT THIS KODAK MOMENT AT THE FARMERS MARKET TODAY

You stand there and marvel at a 1929 MINT machine like this and think "When FORD was Great"

DID HE SPILL THE BEANS TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF OREGON?

The findings will be hitting news stands next week. That's the gossip mill around Salem & Stumpcity. Kroger has been developing his findings for over four months now. Should be wild. Let's hope Sam the Sham gives a good cry in front of the Microphones for the media and get's the hell out of my town. At least Leonard gives off some entertainment value. This guy Adams is not funny. My pal who works at ABC news told me they are on full alert to cover the Kroger discovery for the national news. 

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY...THE VANPORT, OREGON FLOOD (1948)

Vanport Oregon was a city (currently Delta Park) that was constructed in 1943 to house the workers for the wartime shipyards in Stumptown & Vancouver. Vanport became the home of 40,000 people, about 40% African American, making it Oregon's second largest city at the time. After the War,Vanport lost more than half of it's population, dropping to 18,000, as many war time workers left to build their American dream elsewhere. 

Vanport was destroyed at 4:05 on this very day in 1948, when a 200 ft section of the dike holding back the mighty Columbia River collapsed during the flood, killing 2,000. The entire city was underwater by nightfall leaving everyone homeless. The Vanport Extension Center refused to close after the disaster and quickly re-opened in downtown Portland. The college became Portland State University. 

Vanport was never rebuilt.  Most of the black flood victims were given temporary housing in dilapidated was surplus mobile buildings trucked to vacant land by Guilds Lake. After a little over a month of living in these circumstances, the residents organized a caravan to Salem and protest their living style at the State Capitol. This happened on July 7th 1948 and made the front page story in the Oregonian. (photo above blog)