MARCH 8, 1019, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
for kids
by kids
It’s on
the books
Oregon’s crazy laws
• It is against the
rules to empty
a can of corn
as bait into the
water while
fi shing.
• In Salem, it is
illegal to fl y a kite with wire or tinsel strings or
tails. It is also illegal to fl y a kite within 50 feet of
a power line.
• In Salem, a person can only have three garage
sales a year, each of them can only last three
A historical photo of the House of Mystery
at the Oregon Vortex in Gold Hill, Ore.
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whether or not the
Oregon Vortex is a
bunch of optical illusions
or actually a center of paranormal activity; there is no debate that on those 22-acres of
land, weird things happen.
Vortexes are associated with many things: crop circles, Stonehenge, Egyptian
pyramids, ley lines (the alignments of religious sites and landmarks). On the other hand
some people believe that vortexes are a result of magnetic or gravitational fi elds.
Before anything was built on the land there were rumors that Native Americans referred
to it as the “forbidden” land. People would often fi nd their horse refusing to go through that
area.
One of the things specifi c to the Oregon Vortex is its House of Mystery, a popular tourist
attraction. Originally it was an assay offi ce (a place to test the purity of a gem) built in 1904.
Several years later, the offi ce slid down the hill it was on and came to rest at a rather odd
angle. Some claim that the weird angle of the house is what makes the illusions possible.
The Oregon Vortex and the House of Mystery have been investigated on Fact or Faked:
Paranormal Files, Supernatural, alluded to in the video game Sam & Max Hit the Road, and
is the inspiration for the Gravity Falls cartoon.
What
comes
after two
days of
rain in
Oregon?
Monday
days.
• In Hood River, it is illegal to juggle without a
license.
• In Klamath River, it’s illegal to walk down a
sidewalk and knock a snakes head off with your
cane.
• In Marion County, religious ministers are
forbidden from eating garlic or onions before
delivering a sermon.
• In Oregon, it’s illegal to pump your own gas.
Believe it or not, you are expected to know how
to do this in most other states.
• It is against code in Salem to use a “bean
shooter, slingshot or any other contrivance
used in shooting beans, stones, pebbles, or
other substance or thing, in or upon any street,
alley, or public place within the city.”
• In Yamhill County, you cannot predict the
future. The law actually bans the practice of
fortune telling, astrology and other “mystic
arts” because they are generally thought to be
unsound and unscientifi c. It doesn’t mean these
can’t be fun, but don’t do it in Yamhill County.
Oregon is the only state with a
state nut.
• D River is the world’s shortest
• The world’s tallest barber
• The Tillamook Cheese
shop pole is in Oregon (Forest
Grove).
Factory is the largest cheese
factory in the world.
• Crater Lake is the deepest
• Heceta Head lighthouse
• The Sea Lion Cave near
lake in the United States
(Klamath County).
is the nation’s most
photographed lighthouse
(Yachats).
Florence is America’s largest
sea cave.
• Mill End Park is the world’s
smallest park (Portland).
• The Oregon Grape is the
• Oregon residents own a
state fl ower.
25% of the United States ‘ total
llama population.
• Oregon has more than 60
ghost towns, the most in the
country.
• The offi cial state
river (Lincoln City).
• Archaeologists found
evidence of humans living
in Oregon’s Paisley Caves
as far back as 14,300 years
ago (Paisley). It’s some of the
earliest evidence of human
habitation in North America.
nut is a hazelnut.
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