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About The Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 19??-1984 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 25, 1937)
THE HERMISTON HERALD, HERMISTON, OREGON. Thursday, February 25, 1937 OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAR INTEREST Brief Resume of Happenings of the Week Collected for Our Readers Milton—One hundred acres of land in the Milton-Freewater area have been contracted for by the Utah-Ida ho Sugar company for a venture in sugar beet growing. Baker — Shipments of ore from Baker to the smelter during 1936 amounted to 82 cars. The loadings include concentrates and crude or di rect smelting ores. Klamath Falls—The public libr ary definitely became the property of the city recently with the redemption of the last $5000 bond issue by City Treasurer Ruth Bahiany. Baker — First checks issued for work done under the 1936 soil con servation program in Baker county were received last week. The 90 checks amounted to $15,818.60. Corvallis—Tax reverted lands in Benton county total 19,139.24 acres and 974 city lots. Total assessed value of this property is $172,615, and charges against the property to- tai' $42,228.06. Astoria—With the price of sal mon at 20 cents, more fishermen are getting their gear in condition for winter season gillnetting. About 20 boats are out at present. All the fish are disposed of on the fresh fish market. Astoria—The Clatsop county court will soon take up the matter of ap pointing a county dogcatcher. So far, only 202 dog licenses have been taken out. On March 1 the dogcatcher's activities will start, with double fees. Last year over 1200 dog licenses were taken out. Port Orford—Although her bot tom was badly ripped on rocks in the harbor here when she was driven aground late last week by high winds, he 196-foot freighter Cottoneva reached an open beach before she finally came to rest and seems in no danger of breaking up. Eugene—-More than 150 trees were found across the upper Sluslaw road between Lorane and the O’Brien creek bridge, all weighted down by the heavy snow, according to a report reaching the county court las week. The county road patrolman for that district has a crew of men at work removing them. Albany—Construction of a 130- foot span crossing the Calapooia river at Brownsville has been decided by the Linn county court. Commis sioners Renninger and Colley report ed last week after visiting the pro posed site of the bridge in company with Glenn Paxton, state bridge en gineer, and County Engineer Larsen. Monmouth— F. E. Murdock, man ager of the Monmouth Cooperative Creamery and Watehouse associa tion, in his annual report at the stockholders’ meeting, showed in op eration of the creamery and ware house combined an Increase In total sales over 1935 of $22,212.12; an increase in gross profits of $698.14; and a total decrease in expense of operation of $1,827.65. Salem—Two Willamette graduates left this week for Japan to take np work in the consular and teaching fields, respectively. Ivan White, of Salem, graduated in '29 and assistant in the diplomatic corps in Mexico City for two years, left last week for Yokohama, where he will do con sular work. The other is Jack Bel linger, Lebanon, who did graduate work on the Willamette campus last year. The Dalles—State and city police here had visions of a murder mystery or possibly a death by freezing dur ing the recent storm, when a hysteri cal woman telephoned that a human leg was projecting from a snowbank four miles up Mill creek road from The Dalles. Investigation revealed that a practical joker had dismem bered a wax dummy of a woman, of the type commonly used for window dressing; draped a leg in a silk stock ing and a suede shoe and “planted” it where it would be discovered by passing motorists. WORLD’S BEST COMICS Lighter Side of Life as Depicted by Famous Cartoonists and Humorists Lait at the Post THE FEATHERHEADS FELIV, DID %ou MAIL THAT LETTER I o GAVE M/oU 6 WELL-I FORGOT EAH------ DOWN AT TLE CORNER DOWN To IF I CAN , CATCH IHE: OKAY—HE'S PUE TO EMPTY THE BOX NEP/ - SON HANE You A WHY NO—SEE LETTER THERE WITHOUT A , STAMP? JusT Two — BOTH STAMPED — Ou MAILED THE LETTER, DID 00 2 HERE IT IS IN TOUR COAT AND ME BOTHERING THE POST- MAN / IMAGINE HOW I FELT AFTER MAKING HIM LOOK THROUGH r ds QuAr A STAMP GETS LICKED ONCE BUT IT IS s COLLECOR / NEVER THE SAME AFTERWARDS By C. M. PAYNE S*M ATTER POP—Betcha Here’s an Answer Pop Will Never Get (Copyright, 1936, by The Bell Syndicate, Inc ) MESCAL IKE B, s. Back Again L. HUNTLEY ( THET WAS Y f EAH - - A SWELL IDEA NOW wE - OF YOURN. y CAD PLAN PA PESK7 - YOUNGUN GITS IN M V HAIR! II PEACE- (Conyright, FINNEY OF THE FORCE Object D’Art PHCOSFER Bz Ted.QLoushlin ' FINNEY AH, is BEAUTIFUL' OH! WHAT sat WIMMIN Look AT THIM COWS — AIN’T THEY , ) PERFECT / / LAMBS? DON GIVE 1 INDEED THEY APE! JU ST too DUCK / FER WORDS! A FIG FER ALL 1‘ DATES ON A PITCHOOR CALENDER COMPLIMENTS Or. SHUSTENMEIR’S DAIR) 0 By FRED HARMAN BRONC PEELER—Brone Has a Happy Thought HE NAME is WnHECS — Nói BLYALEs. ANO MAY I SUGGEST HAT we PARTAKE OF -T his DELIGHTFUL REPAST I HAVE PREPARED—, BEFORE RENEWING- By GOLLY ff WHY O1ONT I THINK OF 1s OLFoRE ? — ILL BETCHA PETts GONE To His HOMESTEAD, A h ' IS si -FT in ' THERE S ul K in ' AN’ WAITIN' BCoNc.I Know YEK wai T in A n HoPIN PeTE WILL COME BACK— BUT IF I WAS You io HUSTLE TowN AH' HIPE TWO MORE RIDERS FED T h ' (cbUNDUP. A QUARREL WHICH I HAD JoLY WELL UoPCo To AJoI . FIKE LOSSES LARGE Salem—Fire damage to the extent of nearly $2,000,000 on lands com ing under the jurisdiction of the state board of forestry resulted dur ing the past season, according to compilations revealed by the state forester’s office. Figures show that a total of 1302 fires burned over 222,321 acres of land with a resultant loss of $1,954,- 728. Coos county, center of fire- fighting activities for three months, sustained a loss of $1,605,353, over 80 per cent of the state’s total. Eugene—Eugene teachers are due to receive a back-pay check. March 1, and a somewhat augmented salary from then on. as the result of school board action in adopting a new schedule suggested by the teachers' committee. Hood River—While deep snow in Hood River valley will delay spring operations in orchards, fruit growers say the benefit to be derived from the moisture reserve will more than offset the hindrance to pruning ap ple and pear trees. Splitting The Curse of Progress Well -EQ-AH- GCOD ENENIN® Miss DOROTIN - Hope IC C ENJED “IOURSELF AT THE DANce - III HAVE To LEAVE NOW- SLANG / LON BABe / GLAD Nou HAD A Hairs Station Master—Where have you been? Porter—‘Aving me 'air cut, sir. Station Master—You know you can’t do that in the company’s time. Porter—Well, it grew in the com pany’s time. Station Master — Well, it can't have all grown in the company’s time. Porter—I ain't 'ad it all cut off, ave I?—Houston Post. DOOR GLUYAS PAALES WANTS Rainbow’s End "You’re a lucky dog, Bings,” said the fellow in the next chair. "They tell me you're making three times as much money as you did last year.” “Yeah," Bings replied, wearily, ‘but my womenfolks found it out.” Impatient Teacher—What inspired the pio- Men to set forth in theii covered wagons? Pupil — Well, maybe they didn’t want to wait about 30 years for a train.—Buffalo Courier-Express. POORKNOB AND 16515 POOR To His INCOME 1? DADDY SEE DADDY CLOSE
